The Queen's Coronation 1953

The Queen's Coronation 1953
Author: Caroline de Guitaut
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Coronations
ISBN: 9781905686803

"This summer marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most joyous days in 20th-century British history - the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. This official souvenir guide recalls the celebrations of 1953, and recreates all the preparations and pageantry of the event for its 60th anniversary. Lavishly illustrated throughout with newly commissioned photography, it brings together the dresses, uniforms and robes, the jewels and the crowns worn at the coronation for the first time since 1953, and it tells a story in pictures of the people, the places, the ceremony and the events of this most extraordinary occasion." -- book cover.