Some time has passed now since the death of Queen Elizabeth II. She served as Queen from February 6, 1952, until her death on September 8, 2022. She reigned for over 70 years and was the longest-serving monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

At her Coronation at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953, the 26-year-old Queen made an oath. Did the late Queen uphold her coronation oath? The Christian faith played a great part in her life and she often spoke of her faith in Christ publicly. For the most part, she took her faith and oath seriously, but there are some questions about laws that she signed into law.

During her time as monarch, she gave royal assent to Acts of Parliament that contradict the teachings of Holy Scripture such as abortion and same-sex marriage. I am not going to give you my view on her decision to sign these documents, but it does raise questions about her view of Scripture on social matters. I believe that HM Queen Elizabeth II was a good and noble woman who made us in the UK proud to be British. She gave us a good example to follow and was the glue that held the Royal Family together. It is disappointing that many of her Church of England ministers have not held to the “Protestant Reformed Religion established by law.”

This blog post is your chance to give your view of Queen Elizabeth II and the opportunity to read for yourself the oath she made in 1953. Below is the Coronation Oath.

Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury: Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the Peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon, and of your Possessions and the other Territories to any of them belonging or pertaining, according to their respective laws and customs?

The Queen: I solemnly promise so to do.

Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury: Will you to your power cause Law and Justice, in Mercy, to be executed in all your judgements?

The Queen: I will.

Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury: Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel? Will you to the utmost of your power maintain in the United Kingdom the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law? Will you maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the Church of England, and the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government thereof, as by law established in England? And will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of England, and to the Churches there committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges, as by law do or shall appertain to them or any of them?

The Queen: All this I promise to do. The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep. So help me God.