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In a traditional ceremony, Britain crowned a new Queen, the Empire's first reigning woman since Queen Victoria. Elizabeth II wearing the bejeweled Imperial Crown and carrying the Orb and Scepter with Cross leaves Westminster Abbey at the end of the Coronation Ceremony. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)

In a traditional ceremony, Britain crowned a new Queen, the Empire's first reigning woman since Queen Victoria. Elizabeth II wearing the bejeweled Imperial Crown and carrying the Orb and Scepter with Cross leaves Westminster Abbey at the end of the Coronation Ceremony.   (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)