Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, became Queen in 1952 at the age of 25, and her coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.
After a period of national mourning, preparation for Elizabeth’s coronation on 2 June 1953 began, which she agreed to televise in a historic first. Winston Churchill, then prime minister, declared that the ceremony would usher in another Elizabethan age – providing the British public with a much-needed boost given ongoing rationing and deprivation. The Queen trained for months for the three-hour ceremony in Westminster Abbey, with a million people streaming into London ahead of the day.
The collective weight of the Queen’s crown, robe and sceptre totalled more than 45 pounds during her coronation.From then onwards, the Queen’s years followed a predictable schedule through much of her reign, one defined by ancient traditions. Christmas and the beginning of the year were spent on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, where she gave shooting parties and tended to the Royal Stud.
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