Witness to the history: The way Queen Elizabeth's inauguration was celebrated in London

 Queen Elizabeth is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee this week, with various festivals taking place across the UK. The inauguration of Queen Elizabeth II took place in 1953, and the festivities were well attended. In this episode, two historical witnesses who were his companions in the inauguration ceremony have described the historical day.

June 2, 1953. All eyes were on London that day. This city is trembling with happiness, joy and excitement. All eyes were on the event, not just in London, but across the Commonwealth.

The weather was a bit chilly that morning in June, but the rain that had stopped in the morning had stopped, and there was hope that the sun could be seen in the sky.

The Queen will leave her London address at Buckingham Palace to attend the inauguration. From there he will travel to Westminster Abbey, where he will be crowned.

On that day, all the buildings in the city were covered with decorations, except for the east side of Buckingham Palace.

When the Queen left Buckingham Palace to visit Westminster Abbey, six young women were chosen to accompany her.

One of the six was Lady Ann Glencon, then known as Lady Ann Cook. They had two responsibilities: to hold the last velvet edge of the queen's long dress, and at the same time to beautify themselves.

Lady Ann had her hair perm or curled to get ready for the occasion.

"My grandmother thought I needed to curl my hair. So I went to curl my hair. I think that's the last time I styled my curly hair like this. When I tied my hair and let it go, I looked like a sheep with a haircut."

"My hair was very curly. I remember, I was crying in my heart and I was thinking, how can I be the queen's companion with this hair that makes me look so ugly?"Queen Elizabeth was then 27 years old. He wanted his debut show to be televised live. Some of the traditions of this royal ceremony go back many centuries, 900 years. But this time around, the show has seemed a bit unfocused in recent episodes.

From the front of Buckingham Palace, the television commentator was describing the festive atmosphere of London that day. Not only in front of the palace, but also on the path that the queen would take, there were crowds of enthusiastic people on both sides. There were a few more commentators stationed at various places along the way. The program was shown live on television for seven hours.

Lady Ann may remember that she could not sleep properly because of the excitement.

"I remember sleeping on the floor that night because there were so many people in London at the time of the Queen's inauguration that not everyone was allowed to sleep at night. We were at my uncle's house and my mother was there too. We dressed up together. A girl from Elizabeth Arden came to decorate us. "

"One thing they were very concerned about was that the first such program would be broadcast live on television. The lights that are used when taking pictures on television cameras are very bright. That light would make us look ugly. Really true. I must have looked weird with huge black eyebrows after the makeup was done. "

Thousands of people lined the streets to watch the Queen's procession. Many slept there in the rain at night. World War II ended just eight years ago, the gray city of London for the first time since the war.

People are anxiously waiting for the queen to go in the chariot wrapped in gold. When the Admiral came under the arch of the Queen's chariot, the people greeted her with cheers.

Lady Jane Wayne Tempest Stuart was another Queen's companion in the parade that day. The car he was in contained a secret royal bag, known as the Privy Purse, and the one with the bag was in the same car. This important royal throne of the British throne was brought out only during the inauguration ceremony.

Lady Jane still can't stop laughing when she remembers a funny incident with that Privy Purse.

"It's like a school bag in the shape of a privy purse, or royal secret bag, but it has a nice design with a gold braid on it. When we got to Westminster Abbey, I was very hungry. Because I didn't eat breakfast in the morning. Give me a piece of chocolate, I'll give you whatever you want in return. Then I saw that the custodian of this royal bag put his hand inside the bag and brought out a lot of huge Macintosh toffees. I couldn't stop laughing at what I got.

The royal chariot carrying the queen arrived at Westminster Abbey.

This is the most important moment for the Queen's six companions. When the Queen walks towards Westminster Abbey, the long end of her heavy robe must hold them, and walk together.

The queen finally got out of the car to enter Westminster Abbey.

Lady Ann said, "I think the Queen was saying, 'These girls, are you ready?' Then we set off.

Another companion, Lady Jane, was very nervou

"I was terrified, I thought I'd faint, or make a mistake, or the end of the queen's robe I was holding would fall out of my hand

A huge procession of two hundred and fifty people started towards Westminster Abbey. Next to the Queen is the Duke of Edinburgh. Inside were 6,000 guests from all over the world. While the Queen was taking the oath, Lady Ann and Lady Jane were watching. Then came the moment of the inaugural ceremony, which was forbidden to be shown on television cameras. The queen will now be anointed with holy oil.."s.

The dress worn by the queen is then taken off. All the ornaments are taken off. He is dressed in a plain white robe.

Lady Jane said, "We were standing very close together at the time. The queen looked very delicate, even looking much younger than 26. She had nothing but a white robe and no ornaments."

The dean of Westminster Abbey then brought a pot of holy oil to the archbishop. Then the archbishop went to anoint the queen with oil and went under the cover of samyana.

Lady Ann said, "The most exciting moment when the queen is anointed with oil on her forehead is that she wears a white robe, which the Marquis of Chamli was supposed to wear. But she seems to have never done this before. Not at all. "

"There was a lot of hooks and buttons at one end of the dress, so he couldn't really do the job. So the Duke of Norfolk had to come forward, and he stood behind the queen. What were you thinking when you touched your finger? "

The royal convoy with the queen then returned to the streets of London. When his car returned to Buckingham Palace, the scene was shown live on television.

Four companions, including Lady Ann, helped the queen get out of her car.

"The four of us were already waiting at Buckingham Palace. He was saying then, everything seems to be going well."

However, after returning to the palace, the queen had to pay more attention to her family affairs. He returned to his two youngest sons, Charles and Ann.

"A video of what happened that day was made for the queen," said Lady Ann.

"Then we all went to the sofa and sat down. There's a picture taken by all of us girls, where we can all be seen sitting upstairs. In the picture we all look so normal, so happy, it looks like everything went well. It's as if we've breathed a sigh of relief. "

Another funny thing happened that day with the queen's crown, said Lady Jane.

"We were sitting in different parts of the palace, eating sandwiches and tea. The queen took off her crown and breathed a sigh of relief, then placed the crown on a low coffee table. Then suddenly Prince Charles came out of a corner and touched it. Charles was trying to lift it, I'm sure it would fall out of his hands. "

"I was ready to take it from her hand, but another lady standing next to me took it from Charles before me. I think Charles might have wanted to see the crown later."