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View from above of the Coronation Service of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on 2nd June 1953. Queen Elizabeth II, wearing St Edward's Crown and holding the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross and Sovereign's Sceptre with Dove, is seated in King Edward's Chair flanked by the Bishop of Bath and Wells and the Bishop of Durham to hear the benediction read by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury near the end of the coronation ceremony inside the Abbey. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

View from above of the Coronation Service of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London on 2nd June 1953. Queen Elizabeth II, wearing St Edward's Crown and holding the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross and Sovereign's Sceptre with Dove, is seated in King Edward's Chair flanked by the Bishop of Bath and Wells and the Bishop of Durham to hear the benediction read by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury near the end of the coronation ceremony inside the Abbey. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)