Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in pictures

Elizabeth II was crowned queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth states in London’s Westminster Abbey. After the passing of her father, George VI, she succeeded to the throne at the age of 25.

Due to the custom of waiting a proper amount of time after a monarch dies, the coronation was held more than a year later.

It was the first fully televised British coronation.

In Britain, 27 million people watched the event live on the BBC Television Service, with many of them having gotten or leased televisions especially for the occasion.

^{Elizabeth II, wearing the Imperial State Crown}

^{The royal carriage of Queen Elizabeth II passes along Victoria Embankment}

^{Queen Elizabeth II, sitting on the Coronation Chair, known as St Edward’s chair}

^{Queen Elizabeth II poses with her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and her sister Princess Margaret}

^{The Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip pose after the Queen’s Coronation}

^{The Princess Alexandra of Kent, the Prince Michael of Kent, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Margaret, the Duke of Gloucester, the Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, The Queen Mum, the young Duke of Kent, the Princess Royal, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Prince William of Gloucester and the prince Richard of Gloucester, on the Queen’s Coronation’s day}