Coronation oil’s traditional recipe ‘is cruel to African cats’ with it extracted in ‘traumatic and painful’ process
The Palace is under pressure over its traditional recipe for the oil used in coronations, because its ingredients are linked to cruelty to African cats.
When King Charles III is crowned next May, he will be anointed with the liquid, which historically includes oil extracted from civets.
Welfare groups say the substance is taken from the animals’ glands in a ‘traumatic and painful’ process, during which some starve to death.
