Coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second in 1953 (Part 4/7)

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (Part 4)

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]

Aside from The Queen, the star of this performance is Geoffry Fisher, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England, who performed every aspect of this ritual with grace and solemnity.

[somiisb]

amazing,splendid and marvellous

[Jippieheihe]

@Glyndwr65 Thank you!

[Glyndwr65]

@Jippieheihe It is "All People that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice".

[Jippieheihe]

Does anybody know, what song is sung right at the end of this splendid video?

I would be very grateful for knowing its title. Thanks!

Me as a German, having no Monarchy, and at the moment not even a President,

I'm simply stunned of such gorgeous and delightful ceremony! Long live the Queen!

[TheAnglopride]

can anybody make out who is in the second row of the royal box? i can see prince philip's mother and the young prince michael of kent to her right, but i havnt got the faintest idea who the others are.

[rivenoak]

@TheInformalstyle

6 years and some months in june ´53; he was of course unable to serve as the Great Steward of Scotland during coronation.

[TheInformalstyle]

Wow Prince Charles looks so young in this video

[LaserBeam002]

@ozarkmac Could anyone be a bigger JERK that YOU??? Think not. Now go back to your little life and piss on yourself.

[TheAnglopride]

@ozarkmac i don't know why they are frauds and parasites. but britain would be an incredibly boring, uncultured place and have very little tourism if the monarchy was abolished.

[TheAnglopride]

@Rotebuehl1 i think it was rehearsed three times, with two of them dress rehearsals. the duchess of norfolk stood in for the queen at one of the them, i'm told