o, what are the five swords that featured in the king’s inauguration as monarch, and where do they come S from? The newest of the bunch is the so-called ‘Sword of Offering’. This was made for the coronation of George IV in 1821, to his own design. It is this sword that is blessed by the Archbishop and presented to the monarch with the injunction that they use it to ‘protect the good and punish evil’ – the invocation that lies at the heart of the use of
