The Bishop of Norwich will have a significant role in the coronation service - after it was announced he will serve as a bishops assistant to the Queen Consort at the ceremony.
Lambeth Palace has confirmed the Right Reverend Graham Usher will be one of Camilla's two bishops assistants during Saturday's (May 6) coronation service at Westminster Abbey.
"Sandringham, here in @DioceseNorwich, plays a very special part in the life of the @RoyalFamily."
— The Church of England (@churchofengland) May 3, 2023
Rt Rev Graham Usher, @bishopnorwich, shares about his involvement in the Coronation of King Charles III.#Coronation pic.twitter.com/veMwshC85e
Bishop Graham said: "It was an immense surprise to be asked by Her Majesty The Queen to be one of her two bishop assistants at the coronation.
"While thoroughly daunting, it will be such a privilege to support Her Majesty at such a spiritual moment where we ask for God’s blessing on her life of service and that of the King.
"I know that Sandringham plays a special part in the lives of the Royal Family and so I can only imagine that my involvement at the coronation recognises the place that Norfolk has in the Queen’s heart."
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The Bishop of Hereford, the Right Reverend Richard Jackson, will serve as Camilla's other bishops assistant.
Already announced are Charles’ bishops assistant – the Bishop of Durham, the Right Reverend Paul Butler, and the Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Right Reverend Michael Beasley.
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A famous quote written by Julian of Norwich, the author of the earliest surviving book in the English language written by a woman, 650 years ago, will also take pride of place at the ceremony.
"All shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well," comes from Julian’s 1373 book, Revelations of Divine Love and has been embroidered at the bottom of a screen used to shelter Charles III during the anointment at the ceremony.
Julian wrote about the visions she had when she fell ill as a 30-year-old in a small cell attached to St Julian’s Church, between King Street and Rouen Road.
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