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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of England (1953)

Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is the elder daughter and successor of George VI. At age 18, she was made a State Counsellor, a confidante of the King. During WWII, she trained as a second lieutenant in the women's services. On Nov. 20, 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, duke of Edinburgh. They were in Kenya when the King died, and Elizabeth succeeded to the throne. Her coronation, on June 2, 1953, was the first to be televised. Where did the coronation take place? all the article