60 Years: World Celebrates Diamond Jubilee of Queen’s Coronation

June 3, 2013

According to BBC News:

It was a dazzling spectacle with solemn pledges and soaring music.

It brought together a cast of characters, the like of which had not been seen since the days of Britain’s imperial glory.

Yet for all its splendor and pageantry, the coronation of a British monarch is really a rather curious event.

Strictly speaking it has no legal or constitutional significance. A king or queen is a fully-empowered sovereign from the moment of his or her predecessor’s death….

For the full article in BBC News, please click here:

Princess Elizabeth of England

Princess Elizabeth of England

 

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