The Coronation of King Charles III went off without a hitch. The Gold State Coach, fit for a fairy tale, was pulled by eight grey horses, with a mounted rider or postilion for each pair of greys.
And alongside the coach walked eight grooms, six footmen and four Yeomen of the Guard.
There were the red-coated Beefeaters lifting their 19” tall hats in unison, the serried ranks of soldiers and sailors, now eyes right, now saluting, now hip-hip hurrahing, and then, at the end, overhead, the flypast by the Red Arrows, their planes emitting patriotically colored contrails. And the Royals on display, from young Prince Louis moving both his hands in an awkward wave from Buckingham Palace, to the elderly Duke of Kent in his coach, to disgraced Prince Andrew, no longer a “Working Royal” — no reporter had the bad taste to mention Epstein or Giuffre – to a semi-detached Prince Harry, who while seated in a pew at Westminster Abbey could not be seen by the television audience because the view of him was blocked, unintentionally of course, by the tall red feather in the broad-brimmed hat worn by Princess Anne, who was seated just in front of Harry, unsmiling and Meganless, while Megan herself was taking it all in, from a television set in their house in Montecito, in sunny California, so very far from old Londinium with all its surquidry and swank.
There was, however, one unpleasant bit of business that I feel compelled to relate. It has to do with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. He was there not only to place the St. Edward’s Crown – worth a cool $57 million, one reporter crassly informed the world — on the head of Charles, but to anoint him with holy oil, pressed from olives grown at two groves, one the Monastery of Mary Magdalene, where Charles’ grandmother is buried, and the second at the Monastery of the Ascension, both on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, where the oldest Jewish cemetery in the world is located. The olives were pressed in Bethlehem, Israel. The holy oil was then perfumed with rose, jasmine, cinnamon, amber, sesame, orange blossom, and neroli. Finally, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the oil was consecrated by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, and the Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem, the Most Reverend Hosam Naoum.
Archbishop Justin Welby released a statement that this oil “demonstrates the deep historic link between the Coronation, the Bible and the Holy Land. From ancient kings through to the present day, monarchs have been anointed with oil from this sacred place. As we prepare to anoint The King and The Queen Consort, I pray that they would be guided and strengthened by the Holy Spirit,” he said in the statement.
Neither in the statement just above that Archbishop Welby released, nor in any other of his reported remarks on the coronation ceremony and the holy Chrism with which Charles was anointed, did he ever utter the words “Israel” or “Jerusalem.” He referred only once to the “holy land” instead of Israel, or what would have been still better, the “Land of Israel.” And not even once did he mention that the olives used to make the oil came from Jerusalem, so that we are left in the dark as to where the Mount of Olives cemetery is. Imagine how much more informative the Archbishop could have been. He might have let a worldwide audience know that the olives came from trees grown on the Mount of Olives, the site of the oldest Jewish cemetery in the world. He might have said that some of those olives came from the Monastery of St. Mary Magdalene, where Charles’ great-grandmother is buried, and that she, Princess Alice of Battenberg, was named a “Righteous Gentile” by Israel in 1993, for sheltering a Jewish family in Nazi-occupied Athens during World War II.
But it was not only Archbishop Welby who took great care not to mention the words “Jerusalem” and “Israel” in discussing the Chrism either before or during or after the ceremony. I heard on the radio more than one reporter mention the oil “that was brought from the Palestinian territories.” Is Jerusalem part of the “Palestinian territories”? Is Bethlehem? Why can’t reporters be bothered to search the Internet for half a minute to discover where the Mount of Olives cemetery is located, or in what country “Bethlehem” is to be found? Wouldn’t the story of Charles’ visit to his great-grandmother’s grave on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Israel in 2016, be of interest to a great many, as would the story of what she did that earned her the designation of being one of the “Righteous Among the Nations”? Or is it the result of not ignorance, but a malignant desire subliminally felt by so many in the media to keep Israel out of the collective consciousness when something favorable, or at least not unfavorable, could be reported? Is there a subliminal sense that “if you can’t say something bad about Israel, don’t say anything at all”?
Tatanka says
The corruption of the Catholic church runs deep, so deep it borders on the satanic.
These people are evil including WEF and globalist Islam apologist Charles.
Eva says
You’re right about the catholic church, but chuckles wasn’t crowned in one.
He was crowned in a protestant church, or abbey, or whatever they call it.
And he’s as corrupt as the church he was crowned in.
Transmaster says
King Charles III is The Supreme Governor of the Church of England, he is the titular head of the Church of England, a position which is vested in the British monarch since Henry Tudor VIII. Westminster Abbey has occupied this location since 1050 AD. It was built on a earlier Abby built in 960AD.
sukabumi jojo says
Tatanka,
1. This bishop is from the Anglican Church, not the Catholic Church. Please don’t confuse the two.
2. The Catholic Church is not corrupt; maybe parts are (and if so: prove it), but not the whole church.
3. You may argue that Pope Franciscus is an heretic in many ways (many Catholics do), and that he is stupid, but neither he nor the Catholic Church is satanic.
John Smith says
Just like Pope Francis, Justin Welby has taken the side of the illegal immigrants, and the people smugglers. He justifies himself by quoting Jesus, “welcome the stranger.”
Well Justin Welby I’d like you to show me were Jesus says, “welcome the strangers, that intend to subjugate, rape, colonise your country, and even murder you.
Wellington says
Agreed, John Smith. My God, it’s a long way from the likes of Lanfranc and Anselm who occupied the see of Canterbury to the likes of a Justin Welby—a long way downwards and dispositive again of how much Britain continues to sink under the many idiocies of this highly idiotic era we live in.
Salvador says
👍👍Mr Smith . Welby hate. him !😡
Anne says
Great post. Totally agree. Welby trying to destroy C of E.
Sukabumi Jojo says
John Smith,
Welby’s rhetoric is fact free, indeed bizarre, I agree. Freedom of religion was designed for Western religions. It was never designed for mohamedanism. The greats of the Enlightenment never ever included it, and understandably and rightly so. Our society is and was based on excusion, not on inclusion. Extending the concept of inclusion to mohamedanism is intensely stupid wishful thinking.
Pray Hard says
Nothing but a somewhat oblique way to kiss moslam a**.
somehistory says
The original, and only, Holy Oil, was for anointing the Kings of Israel.
This entire “coronation” was a farce. And the omission of Israel, where Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives, and Bethlehem all are, was deliberate.
One day, things will be made *right,* and there won’t be a need for any crowns worth millions, or adulterers being treated *royally.*
And neither will mozlums be given credit for what others have done.
Wellington says
I like your optimism, somehistory, about things eventually being made “right.”
I hope it pans out. I surely do because I have zero doubt that the Judeo-Christian ethic alone, even absent its theology (and which theology I extend great respect to) if implemented everywhere would ensure that a far better world exists.
somehistory says
Thank you, Wellington. I am convinced there is a coming light at the end of this long dark tunnel. And thank you especially for your second paragraph.
Some would say that everything is so far down now, the only way available is up. My reasons go way beyond that. I say to all who love what is “right” to hang in there. We won’t be disappointed.
Wellington says
Thanks you, somehistory. I surely hope “our side” wins when all the “dust” settles.
Better—or mankind will enter the darkest of dark ages to date.
tim gallagher says
I agree with both of you, somehistory and Wellington. The spirit of Christianity, with a loving version of God and the call to love your neighbour, versus the entrenched hatred of non-Muslims in islam and the endless calls for violence, are world’s apart. I agree, Wellington, that, if islam, the barbaric throwback, should win out in this long running war, then we’ll be back in the darkest of dark ages.
somehistory says
Wellington, and Tem,
There is no doubt in me that “our side” is the winning side. It may appear otherwise for a little while longer, but we will come out the winners.
Devasur says
Don’t want it, keep it to yourself already india is suffering from islamic terrorism and along with christian militancy in NE india.
somehistory says
If you don’t want it, don’t worry yourself; you won’t get what you don’t want.
Billy Corr says
Is there anyone who really feels that fornicating and adulterous monarchs ought to be airbrushed from the history books?
Charles II and Edward VII spring to mind at once.
The present-day Duke of St Albans is a direct descendent of Charles II’s joyous liaison with Nelly Gwyn, whose theatrical career was preceded by a period as a vendor of oranges to peckish theatre-goers.
Myron J. Poltroonian says
Oh dear! There were and may even be Monarchies with “Bats in their Belfries” and “Mere commoners as Consorts”? Indeed, the world has gone mad. [A long, long time ago, actually.]
Phil Copson says
“… the Red Arrows, their planes emitting patriotically colored contrails.”
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Er…no. Condensation trails occur at altitudes of over twenty-five thousand feet – which is just a teeny-weeny bit too high for a fly-past to be much fun to watch. Plus con-trails are available in white only. What you saw was coloured vapour produced by injecting diesel fuel or a mix of diesel and coloured dye into the exhaust of the jet engines.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I heard that the oils being used were originally supposed to be sperm oil secreted from whales, but that was obviously a big no-no for the new king. So they ended up w/ a blend of oils that one might find at Panera 😈
Billy Corr says
Someone needs a geography class or two.
Nazareth is in Israel.
Bethlehem is not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem
SALVADOR says
Mr Corr l see you have put a Wikipedia link. Wikipedia Is evil. Don’t trust them.
somehistory says
“Bethlehem of Galilee is in the north country, near Nazareth, while the other, Bethlehem of Judea, is much further south, near Jerusalem. ”
https://outlawbiblestudent.org/there-are-two-bethlehems-in-which-one-was-jesus-born/
Both of these are in the Land of Israel.
VictorMc says
Welby is a moron and an enemy of the established church in the UK we all know that.
Next question ??
George Rohm says
Archbishop Hypocrite Welby. PseudoChristian
Rufolino says
The Coronation of an English King is a ceremony consecrated by centuries of tradition and usage. In the culture of England, the land of Israel has for centuries been referred to in loving terms as the Holy Land. Does the writer think we should abandon centuries of usage & terminology about the Holy Land to fit his current agenda?