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…

