The Queen s coronation was decided upon to be June 2 because the meteorologists calculated it was going to be the sunniest day of the year, so people waiting were left in the rain.
Fans of the late, beloved Michael Olivier have been asking for his recipes, but the most requested of them all is his take on a classic of Cape cuisine: Curried eggs.
For many, the Queen is a symbol of perpetual, old-fashioned stability. Yet, says Dominic Sandbrook, she has nonetheless been part of one of the most remarkable chapters of social transformation in British life