The King and Queen took their seats before the high altar of the Abbey at 11am.
The oil was declared by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, and the Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem, The Most Reverend Hosam Naoum.It's based on the same recipe used for Queen Elizabeth II and contains notes of rose, jasmine, cinnamon, orange blossom, sesame, benzoin and amber. He will use the golden eagle-shaped ampulla and the 12th-century silver-gilt anointing spoon to anoint the King in the form of a cross.Charles' chrism oil was made sacred in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Cited as the most sacred part of the coronation ceremony, the anointing is carried out by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
