Coronation of the British monarch

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ceremony constitutional tradition religious ceremony

The Coronation of the British monarch is the formal ceremonial event, steeped in centuries-old religious and constitutional tradition, in which a new king or queen is anointed, crowned, and publicly affirmed as the sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremony ⓘ
constitutional tradition ⓘ
religious ceremony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs British coronation ⓘ
Coronation of the monarch of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
ceremonialLanguage English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
city London NERFINISHED ⓘ
continuousUseOfVenueSince 1066 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
denomination Church of England ⓘ
firstMonarchCrownedAtWestminsterAbbey William I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsEvent accession of the monarch ⓘ
proclamation of the new monarch ⓘ
governedBy Coronation Oath Act 1688 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coronation Oath Act 1707 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalPrecedentSince medieval period ⓘ
hasMainSubject British monarch NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Holy Communion ⓘ
anointing ⓘ
crowning ⓘ
enthronement ⓘ
homage ⓘ
oath-taking ⓘ
procession ⓘ
involves anointing with holy oil ⓘ
coronation oath ⓘ
homage by peers or representatives ⓘ
public proclamation of the sovereign ⓘ
legalStatus not required for accession ⓘ
mostRecentCoronation Coronation of Charles III and Camilla NERFINISHED ⓘ
mostRecentCoronationDate 2023-05-06 ⓘ
mostRecentMonarchCrowned Charles III NERFINISHED ⓘ
mostRecentQueenCrownedConsort Camilla NERFINISHED ⓘ
officiatedBy Archbishop of Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorEvent Coronation of Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorEventDate 1953-06-02 ⓘ
primaryLocation Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo British constitution ⓘ
British monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
symbolizes covenant between monarch and people ⓘ
formal investiture of royal authority ⓘ
monarch's role as Supreme Governor of the Church of England ⓘ
uses Ampulla ⓘ
Coronation Chair NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coronation Spoon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Imperial State Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sovereign's Orb NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Edward's Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stone of Scone NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coronation Oath → partOf → Coronation of the British monarch ⓘ
Lord High Steward → relatedInstitution → Coronation of the British monarch ⓘ
Queen Consort's Crown → usedIn → Coronation of the British monarch ⓘ
Pursuivants of Arms in Ordinary → ceremonialRole → Coronation of the British monarch ⓘ
Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary → ceremonialRole → Coronation of the British monarch ⓘ