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unusual facts about coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth



Devil's Dyke, Hertfordshire

According to a plaque at one entrance to the dyke, the land was presented by Lord Brocket in 1937 on the occasion of the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

Edward Puttick

He was also one of New Zealand's representatives at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Westminster Abbey.

Geneviève Tabouis

She was invited to the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1936, referring in her autobiography to her coronation robe made by Edward Molyneux and to having her hair coiffured by one of the most popular hairdressers in London.

John Siddeley, 1st Baron Kenilworth

To commemorate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 Lord Kenilworth also made a gift of £100,000 to Fairbridge Farm Schools, a charity to offer opportunities and education abroad to young people from broken homes.


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