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Picture No 10511402
Date 1953
Description The Crowning of Queen Elizabeth II / Coronation
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The supreme moment during the coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II with the Archbishop of Canterbury placing the crown on the monarch's head. He stands to one side for the convenience of the picture. She is sitting on King Edward's Chair in the Pall of Cloth-of-Gold, and wearing the Stole Royal. On her wrists are the Armills and on the fourth finger of her right hand, the Ring. In her right hand is the Sceptre with the Cross; in her left the Rod with the Dove. The Archbishop has taken St. Edward's Crown from the cushion held by the Dean of Westminster, the Bishop of Durham stands at the Queen's right hand.
Source Illustration by special artist, Bryan de Grineau in The Illustrated London News, Coronation Number, 30 May 1953
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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