King Charles Coronation: Pledge of allegiance held in Westminster Abbey

ITV viewers were invited to “cry and out swear allegiance” to King Charles III after the royal was formally crowned alongside his wife, Queen Camilla.

King Charles’s family and guests were invited to witness the historic moment, which was also broadcast on ITV and BBC.

During the coronation ceremony, the Archbishop of Canterbury invited people to say: “I swear that I will pay true allegiance to Your Majesty, and to your heirs and successors according to law. So help me God.”

The commentator also told viewers before the oath: “The Archbishop invites all who so desire to pay homage.

‘The words will be on the screen.”

He began: “I now invite those who wish to offer their support to do so.

“With a moment of private reflection by joining in saying, ‘God save King Charles’ at the end, or for those with the words before them to recite them in full.

The Archbishop of Canterbury proceeded to read out the pledge of allegiance along with the guests present at Westminster Abbey.

However, much to their disappointment, viewers were unable to echo the pledge because the subtitles didn’t appear on screen as promised.

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Following the blunder, fans took to social media to share their disappointment.

User @CourierBoyUK tweeted: “Haha! #ITV failed to put “Pledge of allegiance” words on screen despite saying they would… “pledge allegiance to the King, the words will be on screen”…. Except they weren’t! Epic fail #Coronation.” (sic)

@scottalli11 complained: “@itvnews #Coronation … “Pledge allegiance to the King, the words will be on screen” …. Except they weren’t! #fuming Epic fail.” (sic)

While @BritishButch added: “And there was me, ready to pledge my allegiance to the King, and @ITV failed to put the words up on the screen. Thanks #ITV for ruining it for the millions of us who were watching and wanting to do that!!! #Coronation.” (sic)

“I thought the allegiance words were meant to appear on the TV screen for the #Coronation? Whoops! “I swear that I will pay true allegiance to Your Majesty, and to your heirs and successors according to law. So help me God,” @TomCotterillMoL pointed out.

@maisiethetortie penned: “#Coronation did someone decide not to put the words on the screen? #swearallegiance.”

@CatherineMcCat went on to say: “The words will be on the screen” …. but all eyes will be on #harry #coronation.” (sic)

However, despite the criticism, other viewers praised ITV’s coverage of the Coronation, with @jwi65 commenting: “Well done ITV much better coverage #Coronation.”

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