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May 2007

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Articles from the May 2007 issue of BBC History Magazine

2nd June 1953: Mrs Birch and her eight-year-old son John, who have been sitting in the Mall outside London's Buckingham Palace since yesterday morning in order to be present for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Mrs Birch is wearing a patriotic top hat decorated with red, white and blue ribbons. (Photo by Reg Birkett/Keystone/Getty Images)

Becoming Queen: Elizabeth II’s coronation

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