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The day we all found new hope; FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE EVENT, WE LOOK BACK AT HOW SCOTLAND CELEBRATED THE QUEEN'S CORONATION
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IT was the day Britain stood still and united in pride at the
dawning of a new era. A nation deflated by the ravages of war found
hope in the crowning of their new monarch.
Millions lined the streets of London and all over the country
friends and neighbours huddled round brand new TV sets to watch the
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
The grainy black and white image of a shy 27-year-old taking her
place in history captured the imagination of the world thanks to a
new age of te...
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Interview: Don Hewitt discusses the historical TV broadcast of Queen Elizabeth's coronation
All Things Considered (NPR)
; ... World War II. SIEGEL: That's Don Hewitt of CBS News. The day after Elizabeth's coronation, The ... birth of international television. Former NBC News president Reuven Frank remembers things slightly ... listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.
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The coronation of Queen Elizabeth: on January 16th, 1559, England's twenty-five-year-old sovereign left Whitehall to be crowned Queen. This article, by A.L. Rowse, was first published in May 1953, exactly fifty years ago, in a special issue of History Today that marked the imminent coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.(Reprint)
History Today
; THE CORONATION OF THE FIRST Elizabeth is of considerable interest to us and of greater historical importance than most. Not only was it the last occasion on which the Latin service was used, as throughout Plantagenet times, and with the Roman mass, but what happened on the occasion was a portent of
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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The King is dead . . . long live the Queen: ELIZABETH WAS IN KENYA WHEN THE NEWS BROKE - HER FATHER HAD DIED AND NOW SHE WAS THE NEW SOVEREIGN; Queen Elizabeth II: 50 Golden Years - 1952-2002.(Supplement)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; ... journey was cut short when the shocking news broke - the King was dead. The Duke of ... task of breaking to his young wife the news that her beloved father had died in his ... communication was limited. It was 2.45pm when the news filtered through that Elizabeth was now ...
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee: Her Majesty's jewels . . .(The Golden Years)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; Today, a visit to the Tower of London is an interesting tourist exercise - you gawp at the orb and sceptre and sparkling regalia, point at the flightless ravens and gasp at tales of bloodthirsty executions. But, of course, as the bloody history reveals, the words to the Tower once sent a shiver
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1953 TUESDAY 2 JUNE ; Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
The Independent - London
; Sixteen months after the death of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey. Millions of people around the world watched the ceremony via a live BBC broadcast
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