A coronation party in 1953 in Seymour Street, Buckland, with Elizabeth Johnson cutting the cakeA coronation party in 1953 in Seymour Street, Buckland, with Elizabeth Johnson cutting the cake
A coronation party in 1953 in Seymour Street, Buckland, with Elizabeth Johnson cutting the cake

Coronation: Pictures of Portsmouth and London from the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953

By Tom Morton
Published 7th May 2023, 14:38 BST
Updated 7th May 2023, 16:37 BST
Here’s a flashback to the last Coronation in the United Kingdom – that of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

As last year’s Platinum Jubilee made us only too aware, we have never seen a monarch on the throne for as long as Elizabeth, and consequently we have never seen as big a gap between Coronations.

As these pictures show, the world was a very different place in June 1953, when King Charles II’s mother was officially made the Queen.

Here some pictures from around Portsmouth and also from the event in London.

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Here some pictures from around Portsmouth and also from the event in London.

Vessels line up off Spithead for the Coronation Review in June 1953 as the liner SS Queen Elizabeth passes Picture from Portsmouth From The Air, a book by Tony Triggs

5. In the Solent

Vessels line up off Spithead for the Coronation Review in June 1953 as the liner SS Queen Elizabeth passes Picture from Portsmouth From The Air, a book by Tony Triggs Photo: -

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Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation carriage and procession coming through Admiralty Arch on the way from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

6. Crowds

Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation carriage and procession coming through Admiralty Arch on the way from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Photo: Hulton Archive

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