Following her Coronation, Queen Elizabeth II posed dressed in her royal robes and crown at Buckingham Palace with her husband, Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh.[{"term_id":"22","name":"Coronation","slug":"coronation","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"37","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"8"},{"term_id":"23","name":"Duke of Edinburgh","slug":"duke-of-edinburgh","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"38","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"4"},{"term_id":"3","name":"Queen Elizabeth II","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"52"}]45
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Phillip greet the crowd following the service.[{"term_id":"22","name":"Coronation","slug":"coronation","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"37","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"8"},{"term_id":"3","name":"Queen Elizabeth II","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"52"}]46
Queen Elizabeth II pictured on throne in Westminister Abbey, on June 2, 1953, surrounded by peers and churchmen. [{"term_id":"22","name":"Coronation","slug":"coronation","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"37","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"8"},{"term_id":"3","name":"Queen Elizabeth II","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"52"}]47
Following the Coronation service, Queen Elizabeth II and her procession exited through the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey. An estimated 8,000 dignitaries filled the abbey to see the 27-year-old Queen crowned.[{"term_id":"22","name":"Coronation","slug":"coronation","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"37","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"8"},{"term_id":"3","name":"Queen Elizabeth II","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"52"}]48
The Queen's Coronation services in Westminster Abbey took 16 months to plan, and cost $4 million. [{"term_id":"22","name":"Coronation","slug":"coronation","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"37","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"8"},{"term_id":"3","name":"Queen Elizabeth II","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"52"}]49
During the Coronation service, Queen Elizabeth swore to uphold the laws of her nation and to govern the Church of England.[{"term_id":"22","name":"Coronation","slug":"coronation","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"37","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"8"},{"term_id":"3","name":"Queen Elizabeth II","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"52"}]50
Over 3 million spectators gathered in the streets of London to catch a glimpse of the Queen's procession. Over 20 million viewers worldwide watched the televised broadcast.[{"term_id":"22","name":"Coronation","slug":"coronation","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"37","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"8"},{"term_id":"3","name":"Queen Elizabeth II","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"52"}]51
Queen Elizabeth II poses for photographers following her Coronation. Fashion designer Norman Hartwell was comissioned to make Queen's gown, a white silk dress embroidered with the floral emblems of the countries of the Commonwealth.[{"term_id":"22","name":"Coronation","slug":"coronation","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"37","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"8"},{"term_id":"3","name":"Queen Elizabeth II","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"52"}]52
The Queen’s Crowning: A Look Back