LONG LIVE THE QUEEN

WHEN THE 25-YEAR-OLD MONARCH WAS CORONATED IN 1953, THE WORLD GOT ITS FIRST TELEVISED LOOK AT AN ANCIENT CEREMONY FILLED WITH RITUAL AND PAGEANTRY

IF THEY SCOURED THE GLOBE, THEY COULD NOT HAVE FOUND ANYONE SO SUITED TO THE PART” —WINSTON CHURCHILL, 1953