Sunday, May 31, 2020

This Woman Is 94 - Updated



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Update on June 2:  Today is the 67th anniversary of The Queen's coronation. I don't usually repeat This Day In History posts, but in this case I can't help myself. A 67-year reign is truly remarkable, and actually, it's a 68-year reign, because then-Princess Elizabeth became Queen when her father died in February, 1952. Traditionally, coronations are held a year or more after the death of the previous monarch.

So when will the next coronation take place? Obviously no one knows. The Queen really can't live forever, although she certainly appears to be in good health at age 94. Whenever it happens, the period of time between the death of the current queen and the coronation of the new King, as well as the coronation itself, will be fascinating on many levels, because most of us who are alive today have never even seen a British coronation. Unlike our presidential inaugurations, which happen every four years like clockwork, there have only been eight British coronations in the past 259 years (George III in 1761, 15 years before the U.S. came into existence, George IV in 1821, William IV in 1831, Victoria in 1838, Edward VII in 1902, George V in 1911, George VI in 1937 and Elizabeth II in 1953.) 

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