The Coronation No Camera Could Capture
On June 2, 1953, twenty-seven million people across Britain huddled around television sets to watch Queen Elizabeth II crowned in Westminster Abbey. The BBC positioned...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14.
On June 2, 1953, twenty-seven million people across Britain huddled around television sets to watch Queen Elizabeth II crowned in Westminster Abbey. The BBC positioned cameras at every angle, broadcasting the ceremony to the world for the first time in history. But at the most sacred moment — the anointing — the cameras were ordered to look away. A golden canopy was held over the young queen as the Archbishop of Canterbury touched holy oil to her hands, breast, and head.…
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