Royal Coronations

 
This volume takes a thematic look at coronations from their earliest origins and the meaning of the ceremonial rituals to the precise behind-the-scenes organisation and garments. It also looks at public responses to coronations over the years, and at how the maginificence of the event from the time of William the Conqueror gradually evolved and rose to new levels with the glorious global (and televised) celebration of 1953.