Crowning GLORY
Elizabeth was just 27 at her coronation, a ceremony that transfixed the world
The white silk gown was embroidered with floral motifs from each country in the Commonwealth
COMPILED BY SANDY COOK
THE CORONATION
JUST before 11am on 2 June 1953, Britain came to a standstill. Family, neighbours and complete strangers crowded together in living rooms, town halls, churches and hospitals to get a front-row seat to the biggest event of the century. Television hadn’t...
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