Coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second in 1953 (Part 6/7)

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (Part 6)

Date: June 2, 1953

In Westminster Abbey, where English kings and queens have been crowned for 900 years, Elizabeth triumphantly receives her crown on June 2, 1953. Indeed, there were more than 200 microphones in the Abbey and along the procession routes, with 750 commentators broadcasting in 39 languages.

The Archbishop of Canterbury administers the Oath, and presents "Queen Elizabeth, your undoubted Queen," meaning by hereditary right. The people respond with shouts of "God Save Queen Elizabeth." Elizabeth solemnly promised and swore "to govern the People of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon."

The procession of the royal coach through Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace is a spectacle unlike any England has ever seen.

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[mc0558]

Pakistan because a republic shortly after this -- cutting free of Elizabeth II -- so-called "full independence". And what did it bring Pakistan? One military dictator after another; a military that controls the economy and is totally out of countrol -- such vast and embedded corruption one has no idea of how it can ever be stopped.

My point is that say what you want, the nations of which Elizabeth II is chief of state are democratic; the people, free; and corruption is reasonably under control.

[mc0558]

The Queen is the symbol of the nation. Every state indulges in pomp and circumstance for its chief of state to dramatize its greatness on national occasions. Why not have a focus for these ceremonies who has the grace and elegance of a Elizabeth II? The Royal family ARE ordinary people -- who do the work royal families do and try to do it well!

[TheAnglopride]

@SirKingjordanii all mothers of the monarch who were queens consort are called "queen mother" rather than "mother queen"

[KingofNewAnglia]

The Yoemen of the Guard, those how stand around in the gournds of the Town of Londern...

[KingofNewAnglia]

I think a few of the Commonwealth Soliders were out of step...

[baraxor]

She was given the title "Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother" to avoid confusion with her daughter (who is simply, "The Queen")

[SirKingjordanii]

why did they call elizabeth's mother ''elizabeth the queen mother she was a good consort for me her name is elizabeth the mother queen

i dont care if you hate

[Rotebuehl1]

Jaqueline Bouvier, later married Kennedy, was in Britain, exactly in those days, to make a cover-up of the coronation of the Queen! As a reporter she asked people in the streets how they felt about the coronation and what their expectations were! Most of the people, especially women, cankeredly attacked journalist Jacqueline saying that the coronation was an abject ceremony from times past and with no connection to their lives! I hope this vision of things changed since then!

[streetcarjay]

God saved the Queen. God Saved Canada.

[AntPDC]

@Kloborgg The Queen doesn't "run" the country. And nations are not corporations. All people need something greater than themselves to look up to and worship (not in a religious sense) ; they must be able to touch the secular equivalent of "divine" here on earth. This deeply human trait effectively rules out all politicians. And it's remarkable that the perception of constitutional monarchy as being "less worse" than the alternatives is gaining more currency than ever before in modern times.