Leaders | The coronation

From the archive: How “The Economist” marked Britain’s last coronation

Let us cheer ourselves hoarse for the symbols and the fictions

The coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London, 2nd June 1953. The ceremony is presided over by Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher (1887 - 1972, foreground, third from right). (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Editor’s note: This article was published under the headline “Happy and Glorious” in a special edition of The Economist to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

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