This week’s episode focuses on the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952, or as Billy Joel put it “England’s got a new queen.” Today, it’s almost impossible to imagine the United Kingdom without the Queen. She is the country’s longest reigning monarch and has provided it with a continuous sense of identity and stability throughout almost 70 tumultuous years of change and uncertainty. Through decolonisation and war to political upheaval and the recent pandemic, the Queen has always been there. In 1952, at the young age of just 27, she took on the job that quickly made her the most famous woman in the world. This is the story of the day she took on that enormous responsibility.
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