During the coronation ceremony in 1953, the moment Queen Elizabeth II truly realized she had become queen unfolded not in the grand processions or the public acclaim, but during the anointing and crowning inside Westminster Abbey, when the ritual moved from pageantry to profound personal meaning. | Royal Family 32

ON THIS DAY: In 1953, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place in London’s Westminster Abbey. https://abcn.ws/3auRRS5 | ABC News

The King recalls a special childhood memory ahead of his mother’s Coronation in 1953… ‘Coronation Girls’, a new documentary which aired this Christmas in Canada, follows a group of 50 Canadian women who attended the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation as 17-year-olds. In 2023, twelve of them made a return to London, where they were surprised with a special tea at Buckingham Palace with The King. | The Royal Family