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Planning the next Accession and Coronation

30 May 2018, 6:15 pm–7:45 pm

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Join the UCL Constitution Unit for a discussion on the next accession and coronation of the British monarch. This is a UCL Constitution Unit event. 
Wednesday 30 May, 6.15pm-7.45pm 


When:
Wednesday 30 May, 6.15pm-7.45pm
Where:

Council Room, The Constitution Unit
The Rubin Building, UCL 29/30 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9QU

This event is free and open to all. 

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Description

UCL Constitution Unit scholars Robert Hazell and Bob Morris have been working on how to revise and update the three statutory oaths which the new sovereign must swear at accession and coronation. The new King must swear to be a true and faithful Protestant; to uphold the Presbyterian Church of Scotland; and the rights and privileges of the Church of England.  In a newly published report they present for discussion different reformulations of the oaths, updated for the UK's more diverse and secular society.  A second report explains how the next coronation cannot be anything like that in 1953.  The coronation defines not just royalty, but British identity: how is that identity best represented in all its 21st century diversity?

Speakers

Prof Robert Hazell, Professor of Government and the Constitution, Constitution Unit.

Dr Bob Morris, Formerly Home Office Under Secretary responsible for Constitutional Affairs. Leader of the Constitution Unit's work on Church and State.

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