'The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2nd June, 1953', 1962. The Queen, seated in King Edward's Chair, is crowned by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Westminster Abbey. St Edward's Crown, only used for the actual moment of coronation, is placed on her head. From "The Crown Jewels in the Tower of London", by Martin Holmes, [Her Majesty's Stationery, London, 1962]

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