Programme - The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Her Majesty's Printers, 1953

Cover - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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Frontispage - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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Photo - Official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II

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Coronation Poem written by the Poet Laureate

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Order of Divine Service Coronation Service

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An official souvenir programme of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. It includes images, text and the official order of service.

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At top of cover - Published by Gracious Permission of Her Majesty The Queen
Centre - THE CORONATION OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Approved Souvenir Programme
At Bottom - King George's (2'6) Jubilee Trust

Summary

This souvenir programme was produced to record the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty ascended the throne, at the age of 25, on the death of her father King George VI on the 6th February 1952. Elizabeth was crowned as the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms on June 2nd 1953 at Westminster Abbey. Preparations for the coronation took over a year, it was the first British coronation to be fully televised when cameras were allowed inside the Abbey for the first time and the event was estimated to have cost £1.57 million.

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WHS 01572

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Her Majesty's Printers

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paperback

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English

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Accessed 27 June 2026

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