Elizabeth II is jubilant again.
The Queen of England celebrates her Platinum Jubilee this year.
It is the ninth Royal Jubilee since 1809 and King George III, but
Queen Elizabeth is the first to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee
.
If Lilibet - the nickname given to Elisabeth II by her family when she was a child - was propelled to the throne on February 6, 1952, the coronation took place fifteen months later in order to allow an appropriate period to pass after the death of a monarch.
Crowned on June 2, 1953 at the age of 27, the daughter of George VI became the sovereign of the United Kingdom and the head of the Commonwealth, an organization which at the time brought together 54 states.
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For the first time, the coronation is televised in mondovision in eight countries, including France.
Nearly 20 million Britons (40% of the population at the time) followed the ceremony on the small screen, in black and white, on the
BBC
.
In England, television then became a real social phenomenon.
The global TV audience...
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