THE CHANCELLERY OF
H.R.H. CROWN PRINCE Alexander II
OF YUGOSLAVIA
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH’S CORONATION CELEBRATED TODAY
Belgrade, 2 June 2003 – TRH Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess
Katherine, invited by HM Queen Elizabeth II, attended today the celebration
of the 50th anniversary of Her coronation.
This commemoration at Westminster Abbey was attended by all religious
leaders and members of foreign Royal Families.
The 2 June 2003 is a very special date in the United Kingdom, it marks
the 50th anniversary of the coronation of The Queen. Coronations have taken
place at Westminster Abbey for over 900 years.
On 2 June 1953 Queen Elizabeth II, aged 27, became the 39th monarch to be
anointed in this solemn religious ceremony. Back then in 1953 millions of
people, standing on the streets of London, watching at home on their new
television sets or listening to the radio, shared the Coronation Day
celebrations.
HRH Crown Prince Alexander II is related to HM Queen Elizabeth II,
through Queen Victoria and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh (husband
of HM Queen Elizabeth II) who is the second cousin of Crown Prince
Alexander’s mother HM Queen Alexandra.
HM Queen Elizabeth II is also Crown Prince Alexander’s godmother she
baptized him in the very same Westminster Abbey in 1945. Queen Elizabeth II
father the late HM King George VI was Crown Prince Alexander’s godfather.
In the evening, Their Royal Highnesses, invited by HRH The Prince of
Wales, will attend dinner in honor of his mother HM Queen Elizabeth II at
Clarence House where the late Queen Mother lived. The Prince of Wales was at
school at Gordonstoun School in Scotland with HRH Crown Prince Alexander and
they have remained close friends over the years.
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