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Show WHAT NEXT? The present King George V did not relish the idea of taking the old form of the coronation oath, and he v. as supported in his objection by the protests pro-tests of his Catholic 'vibjects and the sympathy of the more enlightened and liberal among those w ho were non-Catholics. non-Catholics. An acu of parliament was passed relieving him from the odious ordeal. Now the king simply swears that he is a faithful Protestant, and under that liberal construction of his religious faith he may be anything from a Holy Roller to a High Church Ritualist without endangering his right to the crown. |