5.2K views · 89 reactions | During the coronation ceremony in 1953, the moment Queen Elizabeth II truly realized she had become queen unfolded not in the grand processions or the public acclaim, but during the anointing and crowning inside Westminster Abbey, when the ritual moved from pageantry to profound personal meaning. | Royal Family News | Facebook

89K views · 1.7K reactions | ON THIS DAY: In 1953, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place in London’s Westminster Abbey. https://abcn.ws/3auRRS5 | ABC News | Facebook

Conserving a dress originally worn to Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation ✨ This beautiful dress, on loan from Royal Collection Trust / and with the kind permission of The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, was originally designed for Princess Alice, the Duchess of Gloucester, to wear to Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation in 1953. 🎥 Watch Textile Conservator Katica Laza prepare the dress for display, in the studio at Hampton Court Palace. 👗 Now on display in the Jewel House at the Tower of London. | Tow