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The Illustrated London News 1953 p4

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• in Westminster Abbey. At 10.26 am the Queen formally took possesion of her sovereignty over the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.
• It was a dull wet day and it was estimated that more than 20 million people watched on Television, many having bought one for the occasion