“It’s extremely uncomfortable apparently, even the late Queen Elizabeth described it as ... the aged Archbishop of Canterbury jammed the coronation ring onto her wrong finger.

A 1953 Biscuit Tin celebrating the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.Property of Robert Pool Comments are closed for this object What's this? Most of the content on A History of the World is ...

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 ...

The Queen Elizabeth 11 Coronation Medal, an ABO Anglo-Boer War ... A South Africa Medal 1877-79 awarded to Private W. Ring, 58th Foot, who was severely wounded at Laing’s Nek on 28 January ...

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 ...