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After an appearance by the Queen on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, guests were treated to Coronation Chicken, a dish newly created by Constance Spry who also advised on floral arrangements.

Official photographs were taken by Sir Cecil Beaton, and the artist Feliks Topolski was commissioned to produce a 30 metre frieze as a permanent record of the occasion. Terence Cuneo created a painting of the Coronation ceremony, and James Gunn painted a state portrait of the Queen in Coronation robes.

QUIZ

1. Foreign journalist Jacqueline Bouvier was in London in 1953 to report on the Coronation. By which name was she later known?

2. Which sovereign attending the Queen’s Coronation in 1953 had already travelled to London for the previous coronations of King George V in 1911 and King GeorgeAmid the joyful din of the tolling church bells, federal Green Leader Elizabeth May said she was "deliriously happy" minutes after marrying John Kidder, a fellow Green politician and more recently a hops farmer in Ashcroft, B.C., in a ceremony that took place on Earth Day, and included a mix of Indigenous and Western symbols. "It was kind of amazing," said the bride, who previously said the flowers on display at the Christ Church Cathedral were left over from the weekend's Easter celebrations. "Beautiful and lots of themes and traditions and...I'm very, very grateful to all my friends for helping." The couple were trailed as they hugged and received the congratulations of well-wishers beyond the steps of the church by several large orca whale puppets each carried aloft