'I will never forget it.' People share their memories of the queen's coronation on June 2, 1953, ahead of the crowning on May 6 of her son King Charles.
Pamela Tawse, 88, poses for a photograph in the library room of the Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking in Stroud, Britain, April 20, 2023.Pamela Tawse was 18 and still in her nurse's uniform and cap when she made her way to central London after her night shift, eager to catch a glimpse of the new queen on the day of her coronation.
"Then suddenly, we heard an enormous roar, and we knew that probably the queen was coming by," she said, her eyes vividly lighting up at the memory through a pair of gold rimmed glasses. "This Elizabethan age, it really did begin that way," she said, clutching a black-and-white photograph of herself with friends on the day. "Next thing it was coffee bars and then spaghetti bolognese and then mini skirts. So it really was a beginning."
Elizabeth, who died last September at the age of 96 after 70 years on the throne, had become queen in 1952 on the death of her father. By tradition, there is a gap of some time between the succession and the coronation.Olive Goldsmith, who is now a retired Refugee Council employee, said her experience was shaped by two friends who provided an outsider's view, with one having spent a childhood in India under British rule and another from Prague which had been occupied by Nazi Germany.
He later moved to Britain, expecting to be there only for three years. He is still living in the city. Many of those who spoke to Reuters recalled the excitement of the time, seeing the young queen as the symbol of a new beginning for Britain.
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