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coronation of Elizabeth II, coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon,” and “Possessions and other Territories.” The ceremony was presided over by the archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Francis Fisher, and took place on June 2, 1953, in Westminster Abbey, London. Although Elizabeth had ascended the throne upon the death of her father, George VI, on February 6, 1952, her coronation took place more than a year later. This allowed for a period of mourning and was typical of the

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