Camilla will be anointed in full public view at the coronation in a break with tradition, and will be presented with a ring which ‘marries’ her as consort to the King.
The new Queen will be consecrated with holy oil without being hidden under a canopy, in contrast to the late Queen Mother’s coronation.
Buckingham Palace described the change as ‘just one of a number of ways in which the service has been adapted, evolved, simplified without losing any of its magic and majesty’. As details were revealed of the coronation liturgy, Lambeth Palace described how the Queen Consort’s Ring, an octagonal mixed-cut ruby surrounded by 14 diamonds, bears the symbolism of a ring exchanged in marriage.A spokesman for the Archbishop of Canterbury’s office said: ‘It signifies covenant and agreement, an unbroken bond, without end.
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