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Elegance for the Coronation in 1953

As an excited nation waited for the Coronation of their young Queen in 1953, fashion houses advertised the perfect outfit for the day.  Sadly they were unaware that it would be a day of almost non-stop rain!













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5 comments:

  1. Mary Smith2 March 2017 at 00:32

    I love these - so elegant. I watched the House of Windsor this evening and saw the coronation.

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  2. Lizanne Lloyd2 March 2017 at 09:43

    My Dad was an usher in the stands outside Buckingham Palace so my Mum had a seat there. She took several bad, distant photos!

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  3. Carol Hedges5 March 2017 at 18:01

    Oooh aren't these wonderful! I vaguely remember being told we watched it on a neighbour's black & white telly and had drop scones. I was 3 at the time.

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  4. Lizanne Lloyd5 March 2017 at 19:35

    It was 2 months before my 3rd birthday & was left with our neighbour watching her TV while Mum and Dad were outside Buckingham Palace.

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  5. LissaJ21 September 2020 at 17:53

    So beautiful. One of my favorite stories about this event: my grandmother let my mom stay home from school (Dallas, Texas), and they watched it together on TV.

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