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CROWNING GLORY
                                                                                65 years ago, on 6 February 1952, King George VI died
                                                                                  and his daughter, Elizabeth, ascended the throne.
                                                                                 Planning for her coronation soon began and the date
                                                                                  was set for 2 June 1953. On that day, the doors of
                                                                                  Westminster Abbey opened at 6am for reporters
                                                                                   and cameramen to take their positions. It was
                                                                                     the first coronation to be televised, and
                                                                                       at 12.34pm, Queen Elizabeth II was
                                                                                       crowned in the Coronation Chair.
                                                                                                1953
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