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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week

6 May 2023

9:00 AM

6 May 2023

9:00 AM

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Scotland sent the Stone of Scone to Westminster for the coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony included the recognition of the King, his oath to maintain the ‘Protestant Reformed Religion established by law’, his anointing (with oil free from civet oil or ambergris from whales), investiture with orb and sceptres and his crowning, enthronement and reception of homage.

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