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Edward VIII

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Tuesday Jun 2, 1953
Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom

In June 1953, instead of attending the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, his niece, in London, the Duke and Duchess watched the ceremony on television in Paris. The Duke said that it was contrary to precedent for a Sovereign or former Sovereign to attend any coronation of another.


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