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Congratulations to Her Majestry Queen Elizabeth II, Her coronation took place 62 years ago today !

June 2, 2015

Today marks the 62nd anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation. Her Majesty was crowned on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey, the year following Her accession on 6 February 1952.

The Coronation was a solemn religious ceremony where The Queen undertook to rule according to law, to exercise justice with mercy – promises symbolised by the four swords in the Coronation Regalia (the Crown Jewels) – and to maintain the Church of England as part of her Coronation Oath.

The Queen’s Coronation day.

 

The day was also an occasion for pageantry and celebrations throughout the UK, the Realms and the Commonwealth.

The Queen Mother on The Queen’s Coronation day.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh wave to the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on the day of her Coronation.

Crowds line The Mall and The Queen Victoria Memorial on Her Majesty’s Coronation day in 1953.

SHE has been at the head of the United Kingdom for over 60 years, and now we take a look back at the amazing fashion history of Queen Elizabeth II.

In June 1953, 27-year-old Princess Elizabeth ascended to the throne and became the Queen of England and ruler of much of the free world. She used her wardrobe to convey an image of a stately world leader and was aided – to this end – by two couturiers in particular: Norman Hartnell and Hardy Amies. Hartnell was the designer commissioned to create her coronation and wedding gowns and many of the shimmering satin confections that she wore to glamorous state occasions, while Amies primarily took care of Her Majesty’s daytime wardrobe.

From the start, Elizabeth chose the new bracelet for significant white-tie events. Several of her early portraits feature the bracelet; she also chose it for her official Diamond Jubilee portraits in 2012. The Queen’s collection includes a number of diamond bracelets of a similar shape and size to this one, including Queen Mary’s chain link bracelets and the diamond and gold bracelet that belonged to Queen Victoria.

Over the years, the Queen has become famous for wearing bright, block colours, pearl necklaces, pristine white gloves, headscarves and plaid skirts. Now her style is iconic, with Agyness Deyn naming the Queen as her fashion inspiration and Dolce & Gabbana basing an entire collection around her signature looks.

Late 1950

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