13-12-2016 21:09 via thecultureconcept.com

The Crown, 1:5 – The Coronation, Anointed, not Appointed

Netlix: The Crown, Series 1 Episode 5 starts in 1937 when Princess Elizabeth is a little girl and her father is practicing for his coronation.
He asks her to read the Archbishop’s role as he’s practicing for the big day tomorrow…he wants to respond and explain to her what giving a ‘sacred promise’ means. It’s a promise you can never break.
Ampula and the Anointing Spoon used in the Coronation of a British monarch
You have to anoint me, he tells her, otherwise
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