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4 unusual facts about Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II


Giorgio Borġ Olivier

One such attempt related to an incident with respect to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

Laurence Bagley

In 1953, as a commemoration of Queen Elizabeth's Coronation year, the government commissioned a number of artists, most of them famous, but also some upstarts, to paint pictures of the coronation.

Reynolds Stone

He engraved the Royal Arms for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953 and the official coat of arms for Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1955, still reproduced today on the cover of the UK passport.

Whitegate, Greater Manchester

1953 saw the opening of South Chadderton (later Broadway) Library in commemoration of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II but the library closed in 2009 following an unsuccessful campaign to have the building listed.


Hugo Vickers

Being in this role, he welcomed Queen Elizabeth II and her consort, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to the Mall to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Queen's coronation in 2003, and again on 19 November 2007, when the royal couple unveiled the Diamond Wedding panoramic panel in Parliament Square.


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