Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on coronation day at Buckingham Palace in 1953. Queen Elizabeth was decked in jewels from ...

After the death of King George VI in February 1952, his daughter Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth was officially crowned on June 2, 1953 Her coronation took place at Westminster Abbey ...

Dorothy isn’t the only one with a pair of ruby slippers. Fourteen years after The Wizard of Oz premiered, a 27-year-old Princess Elizabeth wore her own gem-studded shoes to her coronation in 1953. As ...

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor became Queen Elizabeth in February 1952 — but she wasn't officially crowned until over a year later. Queen Elizabeth immediately acceded to the throne following the ...

The young monarch was basically wearing jewelry on her feet. Queen Elizabeth was decked in jewels from head to toe at her 1953 coronation. The late monarch wore a pair of Roger Vivier sandals made of ...