<P> After the Communion service is interrupted, the anthem Come, Holy Ghost is recited, as a prelude to the act of anointing . After this anthem, the Archbishop recites a prayer in preparation for the anointing, which is based on the ancient prayer Deus electorum fortitudo also used in the anointing of French kings . After this prayer, the hymn Zadok the Priest is sung by the choir; meanwhile, the crimson robe is removed, and the sovereign proceeds to the Coronation Chair for the anointing, which has been set in a prominent position, wearing the anointing gown . In 1953, the chair stood atop a dais of several steps . This mediaeval chair has a cavity in the base into which the Stone of Scone is fitted for the ceremony . Also known as the "Stone of Destiny", it was used for ancient Scottish coronations until brought to England by Edward I. It has been used for every coronation at Westminster Abbey since . Until 1996, the stone was kept with the chair in Westminster Abbey, but it was moved that year to Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, where it is displayed on the proviso that it be returned to England for use at future coronations . </P> <P> Once seated in this chair, a canopy of golden cloth is held over the monarch's head for the anointing . The duty of acting as canopy - bearers was performed in recent coronations by four Knights of the Garter . This element of the coronation service is considered sacred and is concealed from public gaze; it was not photographed in 1937 or televised in 1953 . The Dean of Westminster pours consecrated oil from an eagle - shaped ampulla into a filigreed spoon with which the Archbishop of Canterbury anoints the sovereign in the form of a cross on the hands, head, and heart . The Coronation Spoon is the only part of the mediaeval Crown Jewels which survived the Commonwealth of England . While performing the anointing, the Archbishop recites a consecratory formula recalling the anointing of King Solomon by Nathan the prophet and Zadok the priest . </P> <P> After being anointed, the monarch rises from the Coronation Chair and kneels down at a faldstool placed in front of it . The archbishop then concludes the ceremonies of the anointing by reciting a prayer that is the English translation of the ancient Latin prayer Deus, Dei Filius, recited in the consecration of other Christian sovereigns . While in Coronation rites of other Nations (the French rite, the rite of the Roman Pontifical, etc) the anointing, the investing with the insignia and the crowning take place with the monarch kneeling, in the British rite those acts take place while the sovereign is seated in St. Edwards chair . This makes the moment of the recitation of this prayer all the more exception, because at this one moment the sovereign rises from the Coronation chair and kneels down while the archbishop, standing before the monarch, pronounces the consacratory formula over the sovereign . Once this prayer is finished, the monarch rises and sits again in the Coronation Chair . The Knights of the Garter then bear away the canopy . </P> <P> The sovereign is then enrobed in the colobium sindonis, over which is placed the supertunica . </P>

An officer of the english peerage who organises coronations and funerals