The Coronation of Her Majesty The Queen opens at Buckingham Palace on Saturday , 27 July 2013 – 29 Settembre. Reunited for the first time since 2 June 1953 , we can see the Queen’s Coronation Drees and Robe, The Coronation Portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton, and all the objects used during the coronation. Also is a grate opportunity to visit the beautiful state rooms of the Royal Palace. You can enter in the private lives of the Royal Family.
You can visit the rooms where Queen meets the political people , and we can see the gardens of Buckingham. Paintings, recording the event, works of art and objects used by The Queen at the ceremony are also included to help recreate the atmosphere od that extraordinary moment and the pageantry of a state occasion that has remained essentially unchanged for 1000 years. The Queen acceded to due throne on 6 Februry 11952 and was crowned at Westmister Abbey the following years on 2 June 1953. Buckingham palce was at the hearts of the celebrations on Coronation Day . 
The palace was also the focal points for the famous balcony appearance of the Royal Family to witness the flypast and later in the evening when The Queen turned on the Illuminations in the Mall.
In the palace’s Ballroom, the dress, robes and uniforms worn by the principal roayal party are brought Together for the first time since Coronation Day. They include the Queen’s Coronation Dress, the uniform ,robe and coronet of The Duke od Edinburgh, the dress and robe of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, the dress of Prince Margaret and the outfits worn on the day by two-years-old Prince Anne and four-years- old Prince Charles. Also includes Hartnell’s original designs for the Dress and his embroidery samples.
The Exhibition curator Caroline de Guitaut of Royal Collection Trust said “ The exhibition Brings together a magnificent display of drees and objects which are both unique and personal to The Queen and so redolend of the exstraordinary events of Coronation Day. A visit to Buckingham Palace this summer will presente visitors with a truly special experience in this 60th anniversary year”.
The Queen’s Robe of Estate , worn when Her Majesty departed from Westminster Abbey for the Palace, is of English purple silk- velvet and is more than 6.5 metres long from the shoulder to the tip of the train. It is exquisitely embroidered with wheat ears and olive branches representing peace and prosperity, and terminates in The Queen’s Crowned cipher. The Embroidery, which includes 18 different type of gold thread, was designed and exexuted by the royal school of Needlework a tasck that took 3.500 hours to complete between March and June 1953. Exhibition include the Diamond Diadem, which Her Majesty wore or the journey from Buckingham Palace to Westmister Abbey. The DIadema was designed and made for George IV to wear at his incoronation in 1821.
It ‘a journey through the family and the Royal history. we feel enveloped by the beauty and richness, we feel for a moment part of the great English history, and we can see parts of the palace ever seen. A real tour wonderful and exciting.
The Queen’s Coronation 1953 is part of a visit to the Summer Opening of the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace, 27 July – 29 September 2013.
[photo philip Baglini italoeuropeo.com ]
