Universal History Archive Queen Elizabeth II in the coronation chair in 1953 Dr George Gross from King's College London is part of a research project into the history of coronations. In recent ...

As always, the chair faced towards High Altar at the East end of the Abbey. The chair was placed on an uncovered Cosmati Pavement, unlike at The King's late mother's coronation when it was covered ...

For Eve, Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation gown "beats any of the other ... from the 1937 and 1953 coronations, including the chairs the family had sat on in Westminster Abbey.

King Charles III may have looked cool, calm and collected on the day of his coronation, a day he had waited for his whole ...

Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh kneels before Queen Elizabeth II during her Coronation. 27 million people watched the coronation live on TV. It was the first coronation to be on television.

Queen Elizabeth II once conducted her children's bath time while wearing her crown "to get used to how heavy it is" ahead of her coronation, King Charles III has revealed. The monarch died in 2022 ...

The film follows the story of 50 young women from across Canada who were sponsored by Canadian businessman Garfield Weston to attend the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in the summer of 1953.