The Queen has joined 2,000 guests for a service at Westminster Abbey to
mark 60 years since her Coronation.
Some
of those who took part in the 1953 service were among the congregation. Inside
the abbey, several generations of the royal family
waited: the Queen's son, Prince Charles, now in his 60s, and next in line to
the throne, and her grandson, Prince William, second in line, with his pregnant wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, who is due to give birth to
yet another royal heir next month.
Britain's
Prime Minister David Cameron - the 12th to serve under Queen Elizabeth - gave
the reading to all the guests gathered at the abbey.
Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Rev Justin Welby said the event
honoured "60 years of commitment".
Several key items from the Coronation were placed in
Westminster Abbey for the service.
They included the heavy, solid gold St Edward's Crown, displayed on the
High Altar – it hasn’t been out of the
Tower of London since 1953. Beside it was the Ampulla, the gold, eagle-shaped
bottle from which the holy oil was poured for the Queen's anointing. The Coronation Chair, one of the oldest pieces of
English furniture still in use, was also on show.
Here you can watch a beautiful video of the 1953 Coronation ceremony!
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