at westminster abbey. tonight, more details of the coronation have been released. earlier i spoke to our religion editorfor more details. thank you so much forjoining us. what you details are we learning about the ceremony? there are lots of new details that have come out of the office of the archbishop of canterbury and from the palace. there is lots about doesn t change of centuries of services but there are striking changes from the last service in 1953. one of the things we talked about is the fact that, during the service, notjust people in westminster abbey, the service, notjust people in westminsterabbey, but the service, notjust people in westminster abbey, but everyone watching, is going to be asked if they want to participate in this joint swearing of allegiance to the king, to
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london for the coronation. the stone is normally kept at edinburgh castle, an ancient symbol of scotland s monarchy and which kings and queens in britain have been crowned for centuries. nicholas witchell has more. reunited for the coronation, the ancient stone, the stone of destiny, on which scottish kings were crowned, and the ancient throne, the 700 year old coronation chair, which was constructed for edward i the english king who seized the stone and brought it to london. choir sings the stone was returned to scotland nearly 30 years ago. it s been brought from edinburgh and entrusted to the abbey temporarily. it is committed to your care and safekeeping until it is returned after his majesty s coronation.
thisjoint swearing of allegiance to the king, to his heirs, and his successors. something they are calling a chorus of millions. we also know that, for the first time, the king is going to pray out loud. we know also there will be hymns sung in non english languages in britain so in welsh, irish gaelic and scottish gaelic as well. so lots of nuggets of differences in what remains, of course, very traditional religious service. pt. very traditional religious service- service. a traditional religious service. a traditional religious service - service. a traditional religious service but| religious service but nonetheless, there has been a lot of talk about how the service might try to reflect modern britain. how will it aim to do that? modern britain. how will it aim to do that? well, we know that for the first to do that? well, we know that for the first there to do that? well, we know that for the first there is to do that? well, we know that for the first there is going - to
going to be involved in a blessing as well. so lots of new elements. but there is been so much speculation over the years that the coronation oath is would change. that the king would want to change the oath to reflect an aspiration to protect the practice of all faiths and beliefs and notjust the practice of the faith of the practice of the faith of the church of england. well, after all of that, in the end, we now know that the oath is not going to change and instead, what is going to happen is the archbishop of canterbury who is leading the service is going to state something to reflect that aspiration. but there will be those progressives who say that this is the moment where the king is sort of entering into an oral oath with the nation, with his subjects, and perhaps it should have reflected better that he was going to protect the practices of all faiths. and nevertheless, though, there will be lots of visual
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