Queen Elizabeth II - Recalled Father's Coronation as 'Wonderful' in Handwritten Note

The late monarch's memories of her father King George VI's 1937 coronation include whimsical descriptions of Westminster Abbey

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As the world counts down to the coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla on May 6,

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the royal family is sharing recollections of crowning ceremonies of the past

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including Queen Elizabeth's handwritten notes about the 1937 coronation of her father King George VI and mother Queen Elizabeth.

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The royal family's official social media pages shared then-Princess Elizabeth's thoughts on the ceremony that she attended as an 11-year-old girl.

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"The Coronation," she wrote in red pencil on lined loose-leaf paper. "12th May, 1937."

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"To Mummy and Papa, In Memory of Their Coronation," she continued, adding "From Lilibet, By Herself"

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with an underline, using her family nickname that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle used for their daughter, who will turn 2 next month.

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In another image, the future Queen Elizabeth, whose 70-year reign was the United Kingdom's longest,

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shared personal details from her father's coronation in immaculate script.

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"We did not [sat] very much as we were too excited," she wrote in pencil. "We saw the Canadian Mounted Police in their red coats and once when a policeman went by on his bicycle, everybody cheered!"

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