![]() ![]() In a speech given that evening, Elizabeth said: “The ceremonies you have seen today are ancient, and some of their origins are veiled in the mists of the past. ![]() It was the 27-year-old queen who chose to have the ceremony filmed. It was a show of global power and optics.” “It’s impossible to separate the media coverage from the event itself. The global public was not aware of what went on other than in newspaper reports,” says Ariane Chernock, professor of History at Boston University. “Before 1953, dignitaries were the main participants in coronations. Twenty-seven million Britons and 85 million Americans joined viewers around the globe in watching the BBC broadcast. Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation on Jwas the first royal British coronation ceremony to be televised. ![]()
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