Oil used in the King's coronation will be a change of recipe from the traditional oil, and be completely animal free.

The Ampulla (centre) is an eagle shaped vessel used to pour out the anointing oil onto an ornate spoon to be used to consecrate the monarch in the coronation ceremony. (Getty Images) Later, this was ...

The Ampulla (centre) is an eagle shaped vessel used to pour out the anointing oil onto an ornate spoon to be used to consecrate the monarch in the coronation ceremony.

The holy anointing oil at the coronation of King Charles III will be animal-cruelty free. The oil has previously contained wax from the intestines of sperm whales and civet secretions.

The Church of Pentecost (COP) says it abhors the use of ‘anointing’ oil, because the practice is not in consonance with the ministry of Jesus Christ, the perfect example for Christians.

The holy anointing oil of the Armenian Church, with its traditional lineage dating back to Old Testament times, made its way to one Lake County congregation over the weekend. Distributed throughout… ...

In a bid to partake in God’s anointing, 20 churchgoers have reportedly died as a result of a terrible stampede while scores got severely injured. 20 church members die, scores injured after ...

The mysterious anointing ceremony, known as the Act of Consecration, will take place before the investiture and crowning, and is carried out by the Archbishop. At Charles’s coronation, the ...

It was a moment considered so sacred that television cameras were turned away out of respect, as the young Queen was anointed before God under a Westminster Abbey canopy.

The Coronation Spoon is used to collect the oil to anoint The King As part of the sacred ceremony the anointing oil is poured onto a golden spoon which is known to be at least 700 years old.