The duke who was told to miss Coronation
7th February 2024
Seventy years ago, memories of a spectacular day that had changed Britain were still fresh as the country looked back on the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, an event that was one of the great events of the 20th century.
However, in the months leading up to the ceremony, courtiers and politicians were working behind the scenes, trying to manage how to deal with one…