Controversial 'Homage of the People' toned down in last-minute change

BREAKING: The controversial ‘Homage of the People’ element of the King’s Coronation has been toned down after a last-minute change.

An usher holds the order of service as guests arrive to attend Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla’s coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey

The controversial ‘Homage of the People’ element of the King’s Coronation has been toned down after a last-minute change. Charles reportedly approved the tweak which came after a string of commentators criticised the new addition as divisive. Broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby, a friend of the King who penned his authorised biography, said the monarch would find the Homage of the People ‘abhorrent’.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will now ‘invite’ a show of support from the congregation rather than a ‘call’ to those in the Abbey and elsewhere to swear allegiance to the King.

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