On this day in 1953, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was held, having been delayed almost a year since her ascension to Queen to properly mourn her father, King George VI. She was 26 years old. Her coronation ceremony was the first to be broadcast on television, at Elizabeth's insistence (her prime minister, Winston Churchill, thought it a bad idea). Elizabeth remains Queen to this day, now 90 years old. She is the longest-lived British monarch and the second-longest reigning monarch, behind Queen Victoria.
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