Majesty 2 parties5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Watch the BCC Live Coverage of the Coronation on the large screens in Picadilly Garden with residents from all over Manchester.Įnjoy our array our pop-up stands selling food, coronation treats and tipples - plus there will be face painting for the little ones keen to join in the fun.ĭoors will be open from 9.30am and remain open until 11pm. To mark the Coronation of King Charles the III, the Council is inviting residents to come along to Piccadilly Gardens, where there will be two large screens live streaming events in London over the Coronation Bank Holiday Weekend. The Cathedral's Civic Service for the Coronation on Sunday May 7 from 11am – 12 noon, is also open to the public. Entry is free of charge and doors will be open at 9.30am after morning prayer. Join us on May 6 at Manchester Cathedral to watch all the action from the build-up, the Coronation itself to the King’s Procession. Manchester Cathedral would love the whole community to join us to celebrate this occasion by watching all the action live on big screens in our historic building. ![]() The Dean of Manchester invites you to join us at Manchester Cathedral to watch the Coronation of King Charles III. Manchester coronation events Manchester Cathedral National funding available to support community celebrations.So, in spite of the rain, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was certainly a day to remember …’God save the Queen’.Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort Edward’s Crown (this crown is only ever used for the actual crowning) was placed on her head the whole country, watching on their television sets, joined as one in celebration. The ‘Crowning Ceremony’ took place exactly as it is laid down in the history books, and when St. The Queen had to tell the Archbishop of Canterbury, ‘Get me started’.Īnother problem was that the holy oil, with which the Queen was to be anointed at the ceremony and which had been used at her father’s coronation, had been destroyed during a World War II bombing raid, and the firm who made it had gone out of business.īut fortunately, an elderly relative of the firm had kept a few ounces of the original base and a new batch was quickly made up. The metal fringe on the Queen’s golden mantel caught in the pile of the carpet, and clawed her back when she tried to move forward. The carpet in the Abbey had been laid with pile running the wrong way, which meant that the Queen’s robes had trouble gliding easily over the carpet pile. The Queen arrived at Westminster Abbey looking radiant, but there was a problem in the Abbey: the carpet! The pictures were black and white, as colour sets were not available then, and the tiny 14-inch screen was the most popular size. Compared to the present day ones, these sets were quite primitive. So, on June 2nd 1953 at 11 o’clock all over the country people settled down in front of their television sets. Her motivation was clear, nothing must stand between her crowning and her people’s right to participate. The young queen personally routed the Earl Marshall, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sir Winston Churchill and the Cabinet …she had made her decision! ![]() The Queen received this message coldly, and refused to listen to their protests. Several members of the Cabinet at the time, including Sir Winston Churchill, urged the Queen to spare herself the strain of the heat and glare of the cameras, by refusing to have the ceremony televised. It was announced earlier in the year that the crowning of the Queen would be televised, and the sales of TV sets rocketed.Īpparently there had been much controversy in the Government as to whether it would be ‘right and proper’ to televise such a solemn occasion. ![]() The massed London crowds refused to be downhearted by the weather, and most of them had spent the night before on the crowded pavements, waiting for this special day to begin.Īnd for the first time ever, the ordinary people of Britain were going to be able to watch a monarch’s coronation in their own homes. “The only problem on the actual day was the typical British weather…it poured with rain!īut that didn’t stop people all over the country holding parties in the decorated streets of their towns and cities, and in London the roads were packed with people waiting to see the processions that took place. This is a personal account of that momentous day: On the 2nd June 1953, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place and the whole country joined in celebration. ![]()
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