Editing Oath of office (section)

====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>}}