Why Do We Have A Coronation?
Gone Medieval
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The Importance of Oath in the Coronation
The oath is the bit where the monarch says, okay, this is what I'm signing up to. It's not something we necessarily think of, but whenever somebody veered away, that's the element that's brought up. So it's come out of an era in which these things really mattered. But even in the present, those joining the army, police officers, judges and so on, there are oathsEven in the 21st century, context, people when they give evidence in court must swear on a Bible or something else as well.
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