On This Day 63 Years Ago – Elizabeth Crowned Queen of England
On 2nd June 1953 Elizabeth was crowned Queen of England in a ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London!
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 the laws agreed in parliament.
After being handed the four symbols of authority - the orb, the sceptre, the rod of mercy and the royal ring of sapphire and rubies - the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Geoffrey Read more [...]