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    ©Country Life, June 1953.

    What it's like to have a prime seat at a Royal Coronation by John Betjeman, who reported for Country Life in 1953

    The late, great Poet Laureate John Betjeman was among the congregation when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953 — and he wrote about it for Country Life. We're very proud to reproduce that article now — The Queen's Coronation: In The Abbey by John Betjeman.

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