Editing Oath of office (section)

===Oaths taken by the monarch===
In the United Kingdom, no formal oath is essential to be taken by the monarch in relation to accession. The monarch is, however, required to take an oath regarding the security of the [[Church of Scotland]]. At a coronation, the monarch usually takes an oath but as a coronation is inessential, Monarchs need not take a similar oath in order to discharge their duties, as with the case of [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Edward VIII]], who was never crowned during his one-year reign. The exact wording of the coronation oath of various monarchs has altered throughout the years without statutory authority but remain based on the oath as prescribed by the [[Coronation Oath Act 1688]].

====Coronation Oath====
{{main|Coronation oath of the British monarch}}
The following was the oath taken by [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] at [[Coronation of Elizabeth II|her coronation]] on 2 June 1953:<ref name="Oath 1953"/>

{{blockquote|Archbishop: Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the Peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon, and of your Possessions and the other Territories to any of them belonging or pertaining, according to their respective laws and customs?

Queen: I solemnly promise so to do.

Archbishop: Will you to your power cause Law and Justice, in Mercy, to be executed in all your judgments?

Queen: I will.

Archbishop: Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel? Will you to the utmost of your power maintain in the United Kingdom the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law? Will you maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the Church of England, and the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government thereof, as by law established in England? And will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of England, and to the Churches there committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges, as by law do or shall appertain to them or any of them?

Queen: All this I promise to do.

Then the Queen arising out of her Chair, supported as before, the Sword of State being carried before her, shall go to the Altar, and make her solemn Oath in the sight of all the people to observe the premisses: laying her right hand upon the Holy Gospel in the great Bible (which was before carried in the procession and is now brought from the Altar by the Archbishop, and tendered to her as she kneels upon the steps), and saying these words:

The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep. So help me God.<ref name="Oath 1953">{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/ImagesandBroadcasts/Historic%20speeches%20and%20broadcasts/CoronationOath2June1953.aspx |title=Coronation Oath, 2 June 1953 |access-date=May 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510085810/http://www.royal.gov.uk/ImagesandBroadcasts/Historic%20speeches%20and%20broadcasts/CoronationOath2June1953.aspx |archive-date=May 10, 2013 }}</ref>}}

The following was the oath taken by [[Charles III|King Charles III]] at [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|his coronation]] on 6 May 2023:<ref name="The Oaths 2023"/>

{{blockquote|Archbishop: Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the Peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, your other Realms and the Territories to any of them belonging or pertaining, according to their respective laws and customs?

King: I solemnly promise so to do.

Archbishop: Will you to your power cause Law and Justice, in Mercy, to be executed in all your judgements?

King: I will.

Archbishop: Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel? Will you to the utmost of your power maintain in the United Kingdom the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law? Will you maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the Church of England, and the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government thereof, as by law established in England? And will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of England, and to the Churches there committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain to them or any of them?

King: All this I promise to do.

''The King places his hand on the Bible.''

King: The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep. So help me God.<ref name="The Oaths 2023">"The Oaths", in ''Westminster Abbey: The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Saturday, 6th May, 2023 at 11.00 a.m.'' (London: Barnard & Westwood for Dean and Chapter of Westminster, May 2023), pp. 23–25</ref>}}

====Declaration Oath====
This was the oath of declaration of [[Charles III]] during the coronation on 6 May 2023:<ref name="The Oaths 2023"/>

{{blockquote|Archbishop: Your Majesty, are you willing to make, subscribe, and declare to the statutory Accession Declaration Oath?

King: I am willing. I Charles do solemnly and sincerely in the presence of God profess, testify, and declare that I am a faithful Protestant, and that I will, according to the true intent of the enactments which secure the Protestant succession to the Throne, uphold and maintain the said enactments to the best of my powers according to law.

''The King signs copies of the Oaths, presented by the Lord Chamberlain.''<ref name="The Oaths 2023"/>}}

====Oath relating to the security of the Church of Scotland====
The following oath was made by King [[Charles III]] at his [[Accession Council]] on 10 September 2022, in accordance with the [[Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Act 1707]]:

{{blockquote|I, Charles the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of My other Realms and Territories, King, Defender of the Faith, do faithfully promise and swear that I shall inviolably maintain and preserve the Settlement of the true Protestant Religion as established by the Laws made in Scotland in prosecution of the Claim of Right and particularly by an Act intituled “An Act for securing the Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Government” and by the Acts passed in the Parliament of both Kingdoms for Union of the two Kingdoms, together with the Government, Worship, Discipline, Rights and Privileges of the Church of Scotland. So help me God.}}