On 02 Jun 1953 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 27) was crowned King of the United Kingdom by Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher (age 66) at Westminster Abbey [Map].

Her ladies in waiting were:

Mistress of the Robes: Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 57)

Maids of Honour:

Mary Baillie-Hamilton (age 19)

Jane Antonia Frances Vane-Tempest-Stewart (age 20)

Nancy Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (age 18)

Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 20)

Moyra Kathleen Hamilton (age 23)