Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her coronation, Buckingham Palace, 1953. The Print Collector/Getty Images At the age of 25, Queen ...

As Britons prepare for the coronation of King Charles III, we take a look at the United Kingdom's last coronation — for Queen Elizabeth II. That was 70 years ago, and Charles is making some changes ...

Ahead of King Charles III's coronation, we're going back 70 years to revisit the last time the historic event occurred: when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, assumed the throne. The late monarch, who ...

Elizabeth II proceeding past the Coronation Chair, the darker chair at right, at her coronation on June 2, 1953 (Wikimedia Commons). Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the May 30, 1953 ...

The Queen wore the St. Edward's Crown, which is only used at coronations. She wore the historical coronation ring and carried the Orb, a gold sphere and a cross. The Orb is covered in diamonds, ...

King Charles was just four years old when his mother, Queen Elizabeth, was crowned. In 1953, Charles would have never believed he, too, would one day ascend to the throne. However, he understood his ...

1953: Elizabeth II is crowned as Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of her other Realms and Territories. Television cameras allow her subjects to view the ceremony ...

After the death of King George VI in February 1952, his daughter Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth was officially crowned on June 2, 1953 Her coronation took place at Westminster Abbey ...

In 1953, Margaret, an 11-year-old pupil in Huntingdonshire, created a scrapbook. Instead of documenting her own interests and family life, she adorned the cover with three painted red shields, and ...

The exhibition shows recreations of the table settings and flowers of the coronation banquets For the first time since the queen’s coronation in 1953, the dress, robes, jewels, diamonds and uniforms ...

At the age of 25, Queen Elizabeth II — then known as Princess Elizabeth — pledged to remain queen for the rest of her life at her coronation at Westminster Abbey in London on June 2, 1953. Keep ...