AT A SPECTACULAR NEW WINDSOR EXHIBITION THE QUEEN HER HISTORIC CORONATION GOWN AND GLITTERING JEWELS GO ON DISPLAY
‘The absolute centrepiece of the display is Her Majesty’s coronation dress and robe — they are both historic and exquisite’
Visitors to Windsor Castle this summer will be able to see a special exhibition marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and celebrating one of the most momentous occasions in her reign – the coronation, which took place on 2 June 1953.
The exhibition is situated in the magnificent setting of St George’s Hall and the adjacent Lantern Lobby in the State Apartments at Windsor Castle.
The coronation was such a historic event I think many of us are able to recall a snapshot of it in our mind’s eye, even if we were not around at the time.
It was the first coronation to be televised and most people have glimpsed the footage of the young Queen processing down the aisle of Westminster Abbey, or perhaps the moment of her crowning by
