King Charles I I I - Coronation Ceremony- Long Live The King. Poem by Bernedita Rosinha Pinto

Superb, spectacular, suave
and everything was there in it
that made it so majestic and so impressive;
so perfect and so delightful to watch until the last;

yes, no one will ever forget how well the coronation
was organized and planned;
the golden carriages that rolled on gold wheels
were so exclusive
as the Royal couple were taken in it
to the Westminster Abbey
by a procession of royal guards and soldiers,
sailors and horsemen marching in unison and symmetry
with bugles and drums playing in the background;
how could it all be put together so efficiently?

And in that church every word spoken,
every hymn sang so well and so loud,
the choir so sincere and so divine;
and as the Archbishop of Canterbury
took oath from the King
to remember to engage himself
in His noble duties to his people,
and to his country and to God,
it was such a revealing moment of what a king
has to have on his hands besides his family,
he has to adhere to his commitments to his nation.

And at the coronation ceremony
King Charles Himself was so demure
though so pensive yet so confidant and compliant
to the long and needful religious ceremony
that as a king he displayed his solemnity so calmly;
and though age engages its toll
and takes over the youth of life
yet every moment King Charles was so graceful
while Queen Camilla looked so full of gentleness
as both of them were so much in coordination
with time and circumstance,
with attention and compliance
during the whole ceremony at the church.

Will there ever be a coronation
so majestic and so sensational,
than the one that handed over the crown
to King Charles III?

Long live the King and His Queen,
long live the country that is full of castles
of love and compassion;
long live this moment in the minds
of our generations to cherish this coronation,
so glorious and so splendid was it
that only time can tell and re-write
such a magnificent event.



Note: The Coronation Oath
For this part of the service the archbishop of Canterbury asks three questions to the monarch. King Charles will place his hand on the Holy Bible and say, 'The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep. So help me God.' The king will then sign an oath, pledging to serve the people and rule according to law.

'This is the only time that a monarch signs a written obligation to his or her people, ' Bruce said.