Jamie Hill was four years old when his family walked over to a neighbour\u0027s home in Kitchener, Ont., to watch Queen Elizabeth II\u0027s coronation in 1953.
He said her coronation also launched a new era for members of the Royal Family, who saw the deferential distance preserved for centuries erode in the face of greater media access to their personal lives and spaces.
Jean Hess was 12 years old when she and some of her relatives slept on the ground outside Buckingham Palace the night before the queen’s coronation.Article content The King’s coronation guestlist is significantly pared down, with about 2,000 invited. The procession will also be shortened to about a quarter of the length of the queen’s.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to attend the event, just as then prime minister Louis St. Laurent did in 1953. Members of St. Laurent’s cabinet and opposition leaders were also part of the Canadian delegation, but it’s believed there was no First Nations representation during the event. More than 6,000 military personnel will take part in the King’s coronation, including hundreds of troops from Commonwealth countries.George Bowman was one of 26 reserve airmen chosen to take part.
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