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On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II is formally crowned monarch of the United Kingdom in a lavish ceremony steeped in traditions that date back a millennium. A thousand dignitaries and guests attended the coronation at London’s Westminster Abbey, and hundreds of millions listened on radio and for the first time watched the proceedings on live television. After the ceremony, millions of rain-drenched spectators cheered the 27-year-old queen and her husband, the 30-year-old duke of Edinburgh, as they passed along a five-mile procession route in a gilded horse-drawn carriage.
Elizabeth, born in 1926, was the first-born daughter of Prince George, the second son of King George V. Her grandfather died in 1936, and her uncle was proclaimed King Edward VIII. Later that year, however, Edward abdicated over the controversy surrounding his decision to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American divorcee, and Elizabeth’s father was proclaimed King George VI in his place.
During the Battle of Britain, Princess Elizabeth and her only sibling, Princess Margaret, lived away from London in the safety of the countryside, but their parents endeared themselves to their subjects by remaining in bomb-damaged Buckingham Palace throughout the German air offensive. Later in the war, Elizabeth trained as a second lieutenant in the women’s services and drove and repaired military trucks.
In 1947, she married her distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark who renounced his titles in order to marry Elizabeth. He was made duke of Edinburgh on the eve of the wedding. The celebrations surrounding the wedding of the popular princess lifted the spirits of the people of Britain, who were enduring economic difficulties in the aftermath of World War II. Their first child, Prince Charles, was born in 1948 at Buckingham Palace. A second, Princess Anne, was born in 1950. On February 6, 1952, the royal couple were in Kenya in the midst of a goodwill tour when they learned the king had died.
Elizabeth was immediately proclaimed Britain’s new monarch but remained in seclusion for the first three months of her reign as she mourned her father. During the summer of 1952, she began to perform routine duties of the sovereign, and in November she carried out her first state opening of the Parliament. On June 2, 1953, her coronation was held at Westminster Abbey.
The ceremony at Westminster was one of pomp and pageantry, and the characteristically poised Elizabeth delivered in a solemn and clear voice the coronation oath that bound her to the service of the people of Great Britain and the British Commonwealth. In the procession through the streets of London that followed, Elizabeth and her husband were joined by representatives from the more than 40 member states of the Commonwealth, including heads of state, sultans, and prime ministers. British troops like the Yeomen of the Guard were joined by a great variety of Commonwealth troops, including police from the Solomon Islands, Malaysians in white uniforms and green sarongs, Pakistanis in puggaree headdresses, Canadian Mounties, and New Zealanders and Australians in wide-brimmed hats. After the parade, Elizabeth stood with her family on the Buckingham Palace balcony and waved to the crowd as jet planes of the Royal Air Force flew across the Mall in tight formation.
In five decades of rule, Queen Elizabeth II’s popularity has hardly subsided. She has traveled more extensively than any other British monarch and was the first reigning British monarch to visit South America and the Persian Gulf countries. In addition to Charles and Anne, she and Philip have had two other children, Prince Andrew in 1960 and Prince Edward in 1964. In 1992, Elizabeth, the wealthiest woman in England, agreed to pay income tax for the first time.
On April 21, 2006, Queen Elizabeth turned 80, making her the third oldest person to hold the British crown. Although she has begun to hand off some official duties to her children, notably Charles, the heir to the throne, she has given no indication that she intends to abdicate.
Elizabeth, born in 1926, was the first-born daughter of Prince George, the second son of King George V. Her grandfather died in 1936, and her uncle was proclaimed King Edward VIII. Later that year, however, Edward abdicated over the controversy surrounding his decision to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American divorcee, and Elizabeth’s father was proclaimed King George VI in his place.
During the Battle of Britain, Princess Elizabeth and her only sibling, Princess Margaret, lived away from London in the safety of the countryside, but their parents endeared themselves to their subjects by remaining in bomb-damaged Buckingham Palace throughout the German air offensive. Later in the war, Elizabeth trained as a second lieutenant in the women’s services and drove and repaired military trucks.
In 1947, she married her distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark who renounced his titles in order to marry Elizabeth. He was made duke of Edinburgh on the eve of the wedding. The celebrations surrounding the wedding of the popular princess lifted the spirits of the people of Britain, who were enduring economic difficulties in the aftermath of World War II. Their first child, Prince Charles, was born in 1948 at Buckingham Palace. A second, Princess Anne, was born in 1950. On February 6, 1952, the royal couple were in Kenya in the midst of a goodwill tour when they learned the king had died.
Elizabeth was immediately proclaimed Britain’s new monarch but remained in seclusion for the first three months of her reign as she mourned her father. During the summer of 1952, she began to perform routine duties of the sovereign, and in November she carried out her first state opening of the Parliament. On June 2, 1953, her coronation was held at Westminster Abbey.
The ceremony at Westminster was one of pomp and pageantry, and the characteristically poised Elizabeth delivered in a solemn and clear voice the coronation oath that bound her to the service of the people of Great Britain and the British Commonwealth. In the procession through the streets of London that followed, Elizabeth and her husband were joined by representatives from the more than 40 member states of the Commonwealth, including heads of state, sultans, and prime ministers. British troops like the Yeomen of the Guard were joined by a great variety of Commonwealth troops, including police from the Solomon Islands, Malaysians in white uniforms and green sarongs, Pakistanis in puggaree headdresses, Canadian Mounties, and New Zealanders and Australians in wide-brimmed hats. After the parade, Elizabeth stood with her family on the Buckingham Palace balcony and waved to the crowd as jet planes of the Royal Air Force flew across the Mall in tight formation.
In five decades of rule, Queen Elizabeth II’s popularity has hardly subsided. She has traveled more extensively than any other British monarch and was the first reigning British monarch to visit South America and the Persian Gulf countries. In addition to Charles and Anne, she and Philip have had two other children, Prince Andrew in 1960 and Prince Edward in 1964. In 1992, Elizabeth, the wealthiest woman in England, agreed to pay income tax for the first time.
On April 21, 2006, Queen Elizabeth turned 80, making her the third oldest person to hold the British crown. Although she has begun to hand off some official duties to her children, notably Charles, the heir to the throne, she has given no indication that she intends to abdicate.
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Thanks for reminding us TSgt Joe C. that on June 2, 1953 that Queen Elizabeth II was formally crowned monarch of the United Kingdom in a lavish ceremony steeped in traditions that date back a millennium.
Both my parents were witnesses to that once in their lifetime event of a coronation since they were both British citizens. I was born after they emigrated to this nation in 1956.
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Both my parents were witnesses to that once in their lifetime event of a coronation since they were both British citizens. I was born after they emigrated to this nation in 1956.
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3 William IV Henneberg-Schleusingen (HRE) 26 May 1480 24 January 1559 28,731 78 years, 243 days
4 Heinrich XI[note 2][1][2] Reuss-Obergreiz (HRE) 17 March 1723 28 June 1800 28,227 77 years, 103 days
5 Idris ibni Muhammad al-Qadri,[3] Tunku Besar of Tampin Tampin (Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia) 1 to 31 May 1929 26 December 2005 27,983 ±15 76 years, 224 days ± 15 days
6 Christian August Palatinate-Sulzbach (HRE) 14 August 1632 23 April 1708 27,645 75 years, 253 days
7 Mudhoji IV Rao Naik Nimbalkar Phaltan (India) 7 December 1841 17 October 1916 27,342 74 years, 315 days
8 Bhagvatsingh Sahib Gondal state (India) 14 December 1869 10 March 1944 27,114 74 years, 87 days
9 Georg Wilhelm Schaumburg-Lippe 13 February 1787 21 November 1860 26,944 73 years, 282 days
10 Karl Friedrich Baden 12 May 1738 10 June 1811 26,691 73 years, 29 days
11 John Louis Nassau-Saarbrücken (HRE) 19 October 1472 4 June 1545 26,525 72 years, 228 days[note 3]
12 Louis XIV France 14 May 1643 1 September 1715 26,407 72 years, 110 days
13 Heinrich Friedrich Hohenlohe-Langenburg (HRE) 29 January 1628 5 August 1699 26,121 71 years, 188 days
14 Parashuramrao Shrinivas Aundh (India) 30 August 1777 11 June 1848 25,852 70 years, 286 days
15 Franz Karl Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen (HRE) 15 November 1627 19 July 1698 25,814 70 years, 246 days
16 Jagatjit Singh Bahadur Kapurthala (India) 3 September 1877 5 May 1948 25,811 70 years, 245 days[4][note 4]
17 Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) Thailand 9 June 1946 13 October 2016 25,694 70 years, 126 days
18 Johannes II Liechtenstein 12 November 1858 11 February 1929 25,658 70 years, 91 days
19 Karl August Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 28 May 1758 14 June 1828 25,584 70 years, 17 days
20 Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina Massa and Carrara 6 June 1553 18 January 1623 25,428 69 years, 226 days
21 Werner Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck (HRE) 31 October 1559 16 February 1629 25,311 69 years, 108 days
22 Heinrich Joseph Johann Auersperg (HRE) 6 November 1713 9 February 1783 25,297 69 years, 95 days
23 Friedrich III[note 5] Inner Austria (HRE) 10 June 1424 19 August 1493 25,272 69 years, 70 days
24 Friedrich V Hesse-Homburg 7 February 1751 20 January 1820 25,183 68 years, 347 days
25 Vikramatji Khimojiraj[5] Porbandar (India) 20 June 1831 21 April 1900 25,142 68 years, 305 days
26 Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar Mysore (India) 30 June 1799 27 March 1868 25,107 68 years, 271 days
27 Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin II Kedah Sultanate 15 February 1710 23 September 1778 25,057 68 years, 220 days
28 Johann Friedrich Castell-Rüdenhausen (HRE) 10 January 1681 23 June 1749 25,000 68 years, 164 days
29 Sawant Singh[6] Pratapgarh (India) 26 October 1775 5 January 1844 24,907 68 years, 71 days
30 K'inich Janaab' Pakal Palenque (Mexico) 29 July 615 31 August 683 24,870 68 years, 33 days
31 Christian Karl Reinhard Leiningen-Dagsburg (HRE) 3 November 1698 17 November 1766 24,850 68 years, 14 days
32 Franz Joseph I Austria-Hungary 2 December 1848 21 November 1916 24,825 67 years, 355 days
33 Ram Singh Bundi State (India)[7] 14 May 1821 28 March 1889 24,790 67 years, 318 days
34 Heinrich III Meissen (HRE) 18 January 1221 15 February 1288 24,499 67 years, 28 days
35 Aliénor[note 6] Aquitaine 9 April 1137 1 April 1204 24,464 66 years, 358 days
36 Amarsinhji[note 7] Wankaner (India) 12 June 1881 15 February 1948 24,353 66 years, 248 days
37 Constantine VIII Eastern Roman Empire 30 March 962 11 November 1028 24,332 66 years, 226 days
38 Khengarji III Cutch (India) 19 December 1875 15 January 1942 24,133 66 years, 27 days
39 Sulaiman Sharif ul-'Alam Shah Sultanate of Serdang 20 December 1879 4 December 1945 24,090 65 years, 349 days
40 Basil II Eastern Roman Empire 22 April 960 15 December 1025 23,977 65 years, 237 days
41 Leopold III Anhalt-Dessau (HRE) 16 December 1751 9 August 1817 23,977 65 years, 236 days
42 Elizabeth II United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand[note 8] 6 February 1952 present 23,860 65 years, 118 days
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TSgt Joe C. I was going to say something about Her being the Longest Reigning Monarch but it appears She Still has a Ways to Go.
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