tradition, just like everything else in the united kingdom. there is going to be parades through, town there is going to be vendors that are setting up, this is going to the be a long table that is going up behind, me a feasting table where everybody can come together, they will share food together, and this is a joyous occasion. it s a moment that, despite what is happening in society, despite of the economy, it s a moment for the country to come together. like i said, it is steeped in history, it is something that i have seen since the medieval times. of course it changed forms over the year, we had an opportunity to catch up with a historian and i want you to take a listen to what he had to say. these street parties really came of age during the late queens rain, the jubilees, her silver golden diamond and platinum jubilee s, you see people want to come out into the streets to honor her, to honor him now, the king charles and just a huge feature of national lights on these
become the kingdoms of our lord, and of his christ. reporter: dates from 16 61, the or by a crossed, has a band of jewels around it which divided into stat3 sections, which represent what they thought were the three confidence that were with him and then medieval period. , we have the ring, the sovereign during, i made an 1841. it marries the king of god and duty. receive this ring, a symbol of kingly dignity, and a sign of the covenant sworn this day between god and king, king and
commandments of the lord thy god and walk in his ways keep the commandments and walk in his ways and there you heard it, the homage for king charles for people around the realm, having paid homage to him. that was proceeded by prince william, the prince of wales. it was an extraordinary time, and a first. we are gonna take a very short break everyone, we will be right back with the crowning of
that you ve written books on religion as well, do you concur with suzannah that the anointing and actually that is perhaps the most special part about what we are going to see today, even though we are not really going to see it? well, i think it is the most profound element of today in many ways is that this will be, perhaps, the most watched religious ceremony that i can think of around the world. it is fundamentally an anglican and christian service. i know that the king has taken pains to make it more ecumenical, but at the heart of it, is the holy eucharist, as rendered by thomas kreminna, who wrote the book of calvin prayer in the 16th century, and so this language, the symbolism, the scripture, this is a deeply rooted service in a tradition