This included the coronation ring being put on the wrong finger ... In 1953 and at the age of 26, Princess Elizabeth was crowned Queen Elizabeth II, surrounded by 8,000 coronation guests.

But like many Brits of my generation (I was born the year before the coronation) my life has been bookended by the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, who in 2015 entered the record books as the longest ...

(And those who were alive for the late Queen Elizabeth's 1953 ceremony may ... a sword, glove, and coronation ring. There was some tongue-clucking over the cost of the whole affair; the estimated ...

The ring has a blue octagonal sapphire in ... perfumes and known as "whale vomit." Last used at the coronation of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ambergris is a dullish gray slurry which forms ...

The crown was resized for Queen Elizabeth's coronation and could be slightly altered again for Charles. The king will also be given a coronation ring with jewels that represent the cross of St ...

Queen Elizabeth on the Buckingham Palace balcony following her coronation on June 2, 1953. | Credit: The Print Collector/Getty Images New Idea's source also suggested that the Queen spoke to ...