12+ Queen Elizabeth 2 Coronation Gown Pictures. In the months leading up to the event, elizabeth entrusted philip. Queen elizabeth ii's coronation on june 2, 1953 was portrayed on netflix's 'the crown.' here's what actually happened on that day between queen while elizabeth's father may have had a coronation by the book, his daughter would not.
Queen elizabeth has revealed the restrictive costume she had to contend with during her coronation as she explains the disadvantages of crowns in a candid interview. She was 25 at the time. This is a personal account of that momentous day and for the first time ever, the ordinary people of britain were going to be able to watch a monarch's coronation in their own homes.
The coronation of elizabeth ii took place on 2 june 1953 at westminster abbey, london.
You can't look down to read the speech, you have to take the speech up. In front of more than 8,000 guests, including prime ministers and heads of state from around the commonwealth, she took the coronation oath and is now bound to serve her people and to maintain. Her majesty queen elizabeth ii stands alongside the british prime minister david cameron at no.10 downing street. The coronation brought the nation together, as 10.4 million people watched in the homes of friends and neighbours, and 1.5 million watched in public places like pubs the bbc coverage of the event included cameras installed inside westminster abbey for the first time, to show the coronation service.