# Coronation of Elizabeth II (1953)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1953-coronation-of-elizabeth-ii
Categories: main-event

The coronation at Westminster Abbey was televised to a huge audience. Within the broader Postwar & Modern Uk period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 2 June 1953 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The broadcast helped turn the ceremony into a landmark in the rise of mass television culture.

## Why it matters
The broadcast helped turn the ceremony into a landmark in the rise of mass television culture.

Ruler at the time: [Elizabeth II](https://english-history.com/rulers/elizabeth-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Coronation of Elizabeth II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Coronation+of+Elizabeth+II&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Coronation of Elizabeth II](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Coronation+of+Elizabeth+II)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)