OUR NEW QUEEN 1952
This year, on 6 February 2022 will mark 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II, came to the throne upon the death of her father King George VI in 1952. A new Monarch comes to the throne at the moment of death of the previous Monarch, hence the phrase, 'The King is dead, long live The King! (or Queen)' It is custom within the state. On the 8 February, once Her Majesty had returned from Kenya, Queen Elizabeth II, took an oath known as the Accession Declaration. Being declared as queen by her privy and executive councils shortly afterwards. For this which she pledged to maintain the established Protestant succession. However, the coronation of Elizabeth II took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London; held more than one year late. This was is due to the tradition of allowing an appropriate length of time to pass after a monarch dies before holding such occasions. Her Majesty has gone on to reign longer than any other British Monarch in history, and to become a much belo