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May 2007

May 2007

Articles from the May 2007 issue of BBC History Magazine

Elizabeth is borne from Westminster Abbey in a gold coach first used for the state opening of parliament by George III in 1762. (Getty Images)

Becoming Queen: Elizabeth II’s coronation

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