How Britain has changed since Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953
Fewer children, fewer coal miners, less cabbage
Somewhere in britain, half a dozen people gathered at a farm to watch Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation on television. “It’s a tiring day for her. Two and a half hours in the abbey. It’s the whole day really,” said one. “I expect she packs herself up a couple of sandwiches,” commented another. Someone added: “I wish some of the ladies-in-waiting would trip over—give us a bit of fun.” Then: “They put a canopy over her when she’s anointed, that’s nice for her.”
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Fewer children, fewer coalminers, less cabbage”
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