Here's a look back at some of the highlights of Queen Elizabeth's 1953 event. King Charles, who is 74, has already developed a reputation as someone who wants a so-called slimmed-down monarchy, which likely will translate to a coronation weekend that may not include the kind of spectacle that surrounded his mother's coronation. More: Everything that happened at King Charles III's coronation Ultimately, Elizabeth Rex was heralded as the world's oldest and longest reigning monarch, dying last year at the age of 96. She technically became queen a few years before that at the age of 25, following the death of her father King George VI.Įngland's new monarch, King Charles III, was present at his mother's crowning. But on May 6, he finally did.Įlizabeth was crowned Queen of England at 27 , taking a formal oath on June 2, 1953. It was a long wait for her eldest son, Charles, to follow in her coronation footsteps. Anastasiia Riddle and Ariana Triggs, Associated PressĮlizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, better known as Queen Elizabeth II, was crowned 70 years ago.
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