Because no one had any idea that she would be crowned only 16 years after her father, planning Queen Elizabeth's coronation took time. The coronation was held on June 2, 1953 — a full year after ...

Some of Cecil Beaton’s most memorable photographs, taken over 60 years, are on show including original coronation portraits of Queen Elizabeth II. A dramatic image of the royal in the ...

Philip and Elizabeth pose for a portrait ... Anne, 2, join their mother on the Buckingham Palace balcony on her coronation day. Elizabeth was joined by her parents, King George VI and Queen ...

But like many Brits of my generation (I was born the year before the coronation) my life has been bookended by the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, who in 2015 entered the record books as the longest ...

Global television events' are ten a penny these days, what with royal weddings, the Eurovision Song Contest and pretty much every sporting fixture under the sun being watched live by audiences of ...

Themes: celebrating the Platinum Jubilee; the reign of Queen Elizabeth II; changes within living ... Elizabeth was crowned Queen during the Coronation of 1953. And people all around the country ...

Resources: a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II taken from our film ... Elizabeth was crowned Queen during the Coronation of 1953. And people all around the country were able to join in and watch ...