Sri Lanka scouts attending coronation ceremony of King Charles III meets President

‘God save the King’: Unforgettable moments from King Charles’ historic coronation

In a ceremony steeped in tradition and grandeur, King Charles III has been crowned as Britain’s new monarch in historic scenes that have not been witnessed by the public in 70 years.

After a lifetime as the heir to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles, 74, became the oldest sovereign to be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey on Saturday, May 6 in front of over 2300 guests and millions watching around the world.

The momentous day began with The King’s Procession as the soon-to-be crowned King and Queen departed Buckingham Palace in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach for Westminster Abbey, followed by other members of the Royal Family.

Accompanied by The Household Calverly, the royal couple were greeted by cheering crowds as they made their way through the streets of London.

Their Majesties entered Westminster Abbey through the Great West Door, upon which the choir sang Hubert Parry’s I was glad, which was composed for the Coronation of King Edward VII.

The Archbishop of Canterbury gave a greeting from the High Altar, welcoming the congregation to the Service. The choir then sang the Kyrie, which was sung in Welsh for the first time.

After being officially recognised as the true monarch, King Charles turned to each point of the compass to receive recognition from key figures. Lady Eilish Angiolini, Christopher Finney, and Baroness Amos were just a few of the esteemed individuals in attendance to recognise the King’s coronation.

The King was then presented with a new Holy Bible commissioned for the service by Lambeth Palace, before taking the Oath and signing copies presented by the Lord Chamberlain. As the choir sang an Anthem by William Byrd, His Majesty kneeled before the High Altar to pray aloud, inspired by the hymn I vow to thee, my country.

The Anointing, regarded as the most sacred element of the ceremony, was conducted away from public view. The Guardsmen of the Household Division ushered in the Anointing Screen, and behind it, the Archbishop of Canterbury anointed the King’s hands, chest, and head. This solemn act, shrouded in secrecy, imbued the ceremony with a profound sense of spiritual significance, underscoring the importance of this momentous occasion.

 

 

Four Rover Scouts from the Sri Lanka Scout Association representing Sri Lanka at the Coronation Camp organised by The Scout Association, United Kingdom called on His Excellency, Ranil Wickramasinghe in London this morning. 

 

The Scouts discussed with the President their role in supporting the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla. Further discussions on the role of young people to take on the future leadership of the country was discussed where the President encouraged the Scouts to actively engage in national and global issues particularly highlighting the global climate crisis. The four Scouts who represented Sri Lanka Scouts at the Coronation were Shalini Perera, Aritha Bandara, Asel Bandara and Sarith Fernando. The participation of the Sri Lanka Scouts at the Coronation Ceremony and meeting with H.E the President was coordinated by Chief Commissioner Attorney-at-Law Janaprith Fernando

 

තුන්වන චාල්ස් රජුගේ රාජාභිෂේක මංගල්‍යයට සහභාගී වූ ශ්‍රී ලංකා බාලදක්ෂයින් ජනපති හමුවෙයි

එක්සත් රාජධානියේ බාලදක්ෂ සංගමය විසින් සංවිධානය කරන ලද රාජාභිෂේක කඳවුරට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නියෝජනය කරමින් සහභාගී වු ශ්‍රී ලංකා බාලදක්ෂ සංගමයේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ බාලදක්ෂ, බාලදක්ෂිකාවන් සහ ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා අතර හමුව ඊයේ (07) ලන්ඩන් නුවරදී සිදුවිය.

ශලිනි පෙරේරා, අරිතා බණ්ඩාර, අසේල් බණ්ඩාර සහ සරිත් ප්‍රනාන්දු යන බාලදක්ෂ, බාල දක්ෂිකාවන් සිවුදෙනා රාජාභිෂේකය සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා බාලදක්ෂ කණ්ඩායම නියෝජනය කළහ.

ඔවුන් සමඟ සුහඳ කථා බහක නිරත වූ ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා ගෝලීය දේශගුණික අර්බුදය ඇතුළු ජාතික හා ගෝලීය අවශ්‍යතා සඳහා ක්‍රියාකාරීව නිරත වීමට බාලදක්ෂ, බාලදක්ෂිකාවන් දිරිමත් කළේය.

රටේ අනාගත නායකත්වය භාර ගැනීමට තරුණ පරපූර සූදානම් විය යුතු ආකාරය පිළිබඳව ද ජනාධිපතිවරයා මෙහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් කරුණු පෙන්වා දුන්නේය. ශ්‍රී ලංකා බාලදක්ෂ සංගමයේ ප්‍රධාන කොමසාරිස් නීතීඥ ජනප්‍රිත් ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතාගේ ඉල්ලීමකට අනුව මෙම හමුව සංවිධානය කෙරිණි.