"When the sun rises tomorrow, England will usher in the Age of Elizabeth."
Alan Wilson, who came home from work for dinner, enjoyed the cooking of his wife Pamela Mountbatten and said with a smile, "Except for the London citizens who are expected to go out on the streets, 60% of the citizens will watch the Queen's coronation through live television.
, and the rest will listen to the proceedings on the radio.”
"The Comet airliner has been prepared and will send a documentary of the entire process to the Commonwealth countries and major colonies. The company has been notified by Whitehall!" Pamela Mountbatten said as she served a glass to her husband who was chatting happily.
The situation here is that "the navy's ship review will be held later. After the live broadcast in Westminster Abbey, there will be a total of eleven aircraft carriers together with the British Commonwealth fleet. Ridgway has accepted his father's invitation to watch."
"I hope the general can successfully achieve his goal." He took the wine poured by his wife and took the initiative to have a drink. Alan Wilson asked with a smile, "My dear, I wish our country all the best."
Tomorrow, the family will celebrate the Queen's coronation ceremony in different places. Mountbatten will attend the fleet review, and Alan Wilson will rush to Westminster Abbey.
Of course, no matter from any aspect, after the sun rises, the whole of Britain will become a sea of joy.
At the same time, Mountbatten and his wife were similar to their son-in-law, and were full of expectations for the coronation ceremony during the day.
He also wanted to take the opportunity of the ship review to meet with Ridgway, and lower his profile to meet with Eisenhower's subordinates during the war to discuss the rearmament of Germany and Italy.
Through the words of his son-in-law, Mountbatten knew that the presence of the Royal Navy was quite embarrassing in the cabinet. This was not because of the heavy cruiser USS Baltimore that visited to participate in the ship review, although this heavy cruiser has a displacement of 17,000 tons.
But in the short term, the Royal Navy may not start building new warships, except for the nuclear submarine program that is being planned. This is all to shift military expenditures to the needs of the Royal Air Force and ballistic missiles.
Of course, there is also the army. Even though Britain is an island country and has a naval tradition, at such a critical moment, the input of the army cannot be reduced. The choice between face and life is still clear to the cabinet at the critical moment.
As long as the scale of the standing army of 800,000 is maintained, it is victory. The navy will not purchase new weapons for the time being. This makes Mountbatten very helpless. He is finally only one step away from the First Sea Lord, but the navy is in a secondary position. In his heart
There is a feeling that the imperial army is not here in vain.
With their own emotions, countless London citizens fell asleep, waiting for the dawn to come. These people also included Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, as well as the annoying person in the eyes of a certain civil servant, Princess Margaret.
Of course, London breaks free from the shady world, and this significant day has officially arrived.
On the morning of June 2nd, it was not a bright sunny day. The sky was dark, like a precursor to heavy rain. But this could not stop the enthusiasm of British citizens. Everyone knew the great significance of this day.
The 16th Duke of Norfolk was already waiting at Westminster Abbey, assuming the responsibility he had held since 1386, arranging the coronation ceremony for the new king.
"If you give me another single lens, a top hat and a civilized stick, I can go back to forty years ago." Alan Wilson, like a puppet, kept turning and driving as his wife Pamela Mountbatten fiddled with her.
Joking, talking about the classic image of Britain in the eyes of other countries.
"This kind of occasion should always be more formal, right?" Pamela Mountbatten looked at it for a moment and commented with great satisfaction.
"But I am the group of people outside the church, standing and cheering with the overseas commissioners, not the nobles who enter the church." Alan Wilson was not complaining, he didn't care about this kind of thing.
"I'm also curious, why are you standing outside?" Pamela Mountbatten heard this and asked in confusion.
Of course it was for the sake of progress, but Alan Wilson did not say it directly, but talked about Mountbatten also hosting the ship review. The division of labor was different, and there was no excuse for this for the sake of the empire.
In the morning, Buckingham Palace maids, cooks and gardeners gathered in the Great Hall of Buckingham Palace to watch the Queen make her way to Westminster Abbey.
The whole of London seems to be temporarily free from intense work. All classes are eagerly awaiting the Queen's coronation ceremony. Off the Thames River, a huge army is reminiscent of the Royal Navy in 1914.
The huge fleet for the ship review has been assembled, including two heavy aircraft carriers in postwar service, 11 aircraft carriers, and the battleship formation of the battleship Vanguard, waiting for the start of the ship review.
Aerial photography aircraft kept circling over the fleet during the parade, recording this scene.
King Farouk I of Egypt was also by General Mountbatten's side. He was in a good mood and asked his royal photographer to take a bunch of photos with the fleet as the background. This was used to show that he was not afraid of power during his visit to Britain!
At this moment, the streets of London are crowded with more than two million people. London has never seen so many people. Near Westminster Abbey in London, tens of thousands of people have set up tents to spend the night just to participate in person.
to the ceremonial sense of the coronation ceremony.
Reporters from major British newspapers have been waiting outside the church, preparing to broadcast the coronation ceremony in real time to let the world know that the Elizabethan era is coming.
The weather was not good, it was drizzling in London, and outside Westminster Abbey, many officials from Whitehall were holding umbrellas and whispering, but the sudden rain did not disturb the coronation ceremony for even a second, neither to reporters nor to the crowd of citizens.
That's true.
British citizens living outside London watched every move of the coronation ceremony through television broadcasts.
The Archbishop of Canterbury crowned Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony dates back centuries and features all the pomp and pageantry of the greatest royal celebrations.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! All royal paraphernalia such as the royal orb, scepter, holy oil and St. Edward's crown were displayed in front of the audience. The new queen had fully rehearsed in advance and during the ceremony
Look noble and generous.
Queen Elizabeth's coronation dress was sewn with gold and colorful silk threads, decorated with diamonds, crystals, pearls, amethysts and rose-colored gemstones. It took six embroiderers 3,000 hours to complete. The dress is also embroidered across the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
Featured patterns: Canadian maple leaves, Pakistani wheat ears, South African lotuses, English roses, Welsh leeks, Scottish thistles and Irish shamrocks.
The Queen's husband Prince Philip, witnessed by everyone, expressed his allegiance to his wife who became the Queen. Inside Westminster Abbey, countless nobles in luxurious clothes paid allegiance to the crowned Queen as Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke of Edinburgh stood
At the Queen's side, he is the first member of the royal family to express allegiance to the Queen.
Outside the church, under a field of umbrella flowers, there was another scene. Whitehall officials held an open-air office.
The overseas commissioners holding umbrellas around Alan Wilson were also talking about their jobs.
"The momentum of Farouk I coming to London this time has made the whole of Egypt very concerned. He wants to talk to the cabinet about the Suez Canal issue."
"The situation on the Gold Coast is generally stable, and we have reached an understanding with the new leaders of the independence movement. However, it cost a lot to bribe them."
"Soldiers, especially officers who participated in world wars, have always been the key targets of the colonies. For example, the local military officer class in Nigeria has at least reached an understanding with the colonial government."
"We all hinted that the country will be handed over to trustworthy and reliable hands at the right time."
Burke Trend was opposite the group of overseas commissioners. Looking at Alan Wilson who was surrounded by them, he had a strange feeling in his heart, but then he stopped laughing and secretly sighed that he was thinking too much.
When the Archbishop of Canterbury raised the St. Edward's Crown high in the air, then lowered it and placed it on the head of the undisputed Queen, the whole of London and even the whole of Britain burst into uniform cheers.
In this crowded and economically strained island nation, people are always complaining about themselves, about politicians, the weather, prices, and foreigners, and that they need something or someone to make them proud to be British.
As Elizabeth sat on the throne where Edward I once sat, with a crystal ball and scepter in hand, and answered the Archbishop's question of whether she was willing to shoulder the burden and make the sacrifice with "I do," those words echoed throughout Westminster
Church, spread to the streets and across the ocean, everyone firmly believes in it.
It unites the British people. All eyes are fixed on the delicate and elegant black-haired woman in the center of the picture.
Queen Elizabeth, who was wearing a heavy dress, slowly walked out of the church at this time. The crowd outside the church was immediately silent. The Whitehall officials outside the church all put away their umbrellas, and the tips of the umbrellas touched the ground, as if they were wearing long clothes.
The knight of the sword came to express his loyalty to the queen.
Queen Elizabeth bowed her head slightly and got into the golden carriage. The carriage drove towards the cheering crowd. Thousands of soldiers in straight uniforms, some on horseback and some on foot, marched for several hours.
A group of Londoners braved the rain just to witness this scene and enjoy every minute.
When he saw the enthusiastic people on both sides of the road who came to watch despite the rain, *** still smiled and waved to the people along the way.
Off the Thames River, a huge fleet review has been launched under the auspices of General Mountbatten. There are also formations of aircraft flying low in the sky. The Royal Navy fleet is celebrating the arrival of the Elizabethan Era in its own way.