50+ Queen Elizabeth Ii Coronation Images. Elizabeth took on the leading role after the death of her father king george vi on february 6, 1952. The bbc coverage of the event included cameras installed inside westminster abbey for the first time, to show the.

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II – Yousuf Karsh from karsh.org

Queen elizabeth ii was crowned in westminster abbey in london, in a ceremony that lasted almost three hours, starting at 11:15 am. Reportedly, her dying wish was that the coronation not be postponed because of her passing. 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.

Queen elizabeth ii and prince philip pose on the queen's coronation day.

She was 25 at the time. Elizabeth ascended the thrones of these countries at age 25, upon the death of her father, king george vi. 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. Princess elizabeth (future queen elizabeth ii), philip mountbatten (also the duke of edinburgh), queen elizabeth (future queen mother), king george a coronation commission, chaired by philip, was set up to weigh the options, and they initially decided to only allow cameras in a single area of.