# Why was King Charles III holding a blue book during his declaration?

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**Created:** [September 11, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-king-charles-iii-holding-a-blue-book-during-his-declaration/971393 "2022-09-11T17:18:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-king-charles-iii-holding-a-blue-book-during-his-declaration/971393/1 "2022-09-11T17:18:44Z")

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My wife and I are puzzled. During his declaration at the Accession Council, he held a blue book in his right hand. Why? What is it? It doesn’t look big enough to be a Bible or anything like that. It looks more like a personal calendar book.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-king-charles-iii-holding-a-blue-book-during-his-declaration/971393/2 "2022-09-11T17:44:20Z")

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Could have been a prayer book, or a set of the four gospels.

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-king-charles-iii-holding-a-blue-book-during-his-declaration/971393/3 "2022-09-11T17:56:33Z")

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Wasn’t that a binder filled with draft Orders-in-Council for him to approve?

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**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-king-charles-iii-holding-a-blue-book-during-his-declaration/971393/4 "2022-09-11T18:02:02Z")

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According to the commentator during the live coverage of the BBC, it was a New Testament.

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**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-king-charles-iii-holding-a-blue-book-during-his-declaration/971393/5 "2022-09-11T20:01:49Z")

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Interesting. Makes sense. Thank you!