In a diary entry on 12 May 1937,
from the then 11-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York, the future
Queen recorded the experience of watching her father’s coronation
at Westminster Abbey. The diary entry opened with the fact that the
day saw the young princess awakened at the early hour of 05:00 by
the music of the Royal Marines band outside her window. Following
an early breakfast, Elizabeth got…
The time-old coronation ceremony of
monarchs could be set to change, following the publication of an
inquiry into modern religious observance. A report from the
Commision on Religion and Belief in British Public Life has
recommended the ceremony should encompass the diverse…
Queen Elizabeth’s first years as Queen
will soon be aired in Canada and the United States. Queen Elizabeth
II on her coronation A young 25-year-old Elizabeth was a mother to
Prince Charles, three years old and an 18-month-old Princess
Anne. In 1952, the sudden death…
