A 'Gift to the Queen': The First Ever Successful Summit of Mount Everest

After Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to ascend the mountain on May 29, 1953, the news was kept a closely guarded secret and announced on Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Day on June 2.

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