King Charles III, the Head of the Church of England, and Queen Camilla presided over their first Royal Maundy Service at York Minster on April 6th. Last year, the then Prince of Wales represented the Queen at the Royal Maundy Service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.
BREAKING: The King and Queen Consort have arrived at York Minster to attend the Royal Maundy Servicehttps://t.co/cCjadbZYd6
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— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 6, 2023
BREAKING: The King and Queen Consort have arrived at York Minster to attend the Royal Maundy Servicehttps://t.co/cCjadbZYd6
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/G74uYncjGi
— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 6, 2023
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The King and Queen (wearing the Queen Mother’s Rock Crystal Brooch) were met by the Dean of York, the Very Revd Dominic Barrington, and the Lord High Almoner, the Right Reverend Dr. John Inge, the Bishop of Worcester, being presented with nosegays at the start of the service, during which the King personally distributed the Maundy Money to 148 pensioners.
The first Royal Maundy Service took place in the reign of Charles II, when the king gave people undated hammered coins in 1662. Today’s ceremony has extra significance as the first time that King Charles III’s portrait has featured on Maundy Money coins.https://t.co/0hSh0EJ0NG pic.twitter.com/gPfH5jhg8m
— The Royal Mint (@RoyalMintUK) April 6, 2023
The first Royal Maundy Service took place in the reign of Charles II, when the king gave people undated hammered coins in 1662. Today’s ceremony has extra significance as the first time that King Charles III’s portrait has featured on Maundy Money coins.https://t.co/0hSh0EJ0NG pic.twitter.com/gPfH5jhg8m
— The Royal Mint (@RoyalMintUK) April 6, 2023
Purses of Maundy money set out @York_Minster to be given by the King
The white purses are filled with specially minted coins to the value of 74p, a penny for each year of Charles III’s age
The purses are made by Barrow Hepburn & Gale, who make the famous red despatch boxes https://t.co/287HEtiKVF pic.twitter.com/98tXGfcfYL
— The Burgon Society (@burgonsoc) April 6, 2023
Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles and is one of the most ancient ceremonies retained in the Church of England. 74 men and 74 women (signifying the age of the Monarch) selected from Church of England dioceses across the country, and Anglican and Ecumenical partners across the UK, received the Maundy, a gift from the King, to thank them for their outstanding Christian service and for making a difference to the lives of people in their local communities.
