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The Heir can ascend the Throne only if he “Declares himself Protestant”. Other Faiths excluded
Charles III took the oath, inside Westminster Abbey, in front of the Archbishop of Carterbury, Justin Welby, placing his hand on the Bible.
“I, Charles, solemnly and sincerely profess in the presence of God, do testify and declare that I am a staunch Protestant and that, according to the true intent of the laws which secure the Protestant succession to the throne, I will uphold and maintain the aforesaid provisions to the best of my powers according to the law,” he said during the coronation ceremony.
The coronation is the formal investiture of a monarch with his royal powers and as head of the Church of England, according to a rite that is nearly a thousand years old. A purely symbolic and religious ceremony: Charles III has in fact been king since the day of his mother’s death, Elizabeth II,
«The aim of the ceremony, explains Buckingham Palace, is to make people reflect on the role of the sovereign today and look to the future, in a great event that celebrates the very idea of monarchy according to Charles III: leaner, more modern and more sustainable. Among the subjects of the kingdom, expectations exceed controversy» writes RAI News, the Italian national TV whose texts we quote only to highlight how servile the mainstream media are now to power…
