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    Photograph: PA A pictorial timeline of Elizabeth II’s reign ahead of her diamond jubilee: 2 June 1953: Queen Elizabeth II following her coronation. The date of the Queen’s coronation was chosen so as not to clash with the Derby or fall on an unlucky day. The crowning of the monarch proved to be a milestone in modern British history and with an estimated TV viewing audience of 20 million, it ushered in the age of the major televised event

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    A pictorial timeline of Elizabeth II’s reign ahead of her diamond jubilee:

    2 June 1953: Queen Elizabeth II following her coronation. The date of the Queen’s coronation was chosen so as not to clash with the Derby or fall on an unlucky day. The crowning of the monarch proved to be a milestone in modern British history and with an estimated TV viewing audience of 20 million, it ushered in the age of the major televised event

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    Well done HRH! A pre-diamond jubilee surge in royalism means the British royal family is enjoying record popularity. See the breakdown in numbers from 1950’s to present. Photograph: Carl Court/PA Was it all down to Wills and Kate’s wedding? Read our thinkpiece behind the figures here: “My sense is that Buckingham Palace feels pretty comfortable at the moment. The Cambridges are coming on. And the jubilee, barring a catastrophe, will work to their advantage,” said Oxford University historian Dr Frank Prochaska, author of The Republic of Britain. “Don’t forget, they are very clever at adjusting and they have been reasonably successful.”

    Well done HRH! A pre-diamond jubilee surge in royalism means the British royal family is enjoying record popularity. See the breakdown in numbers from 1950’s to present. Photograph: Carl Court/PA

    Was it all down to Wills and Kate’s wedding? Read our thinkpiece behind the figures here:

    “My sense is that Buckingham Palace feels pretty comfortable at the moment. The Cambridges are coming on. And the jubilee, barring a catastrophe, will work to their advantage,” said Oxford University historian Dr Frank Prochaska, author of The Republic of Britain. “Don’t forget, they are very clever at adjusting and they have been reasonably successful.”

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    Merely setting out these changes highlights their absurdity. These are concessions so overdue that already they feel trivial. Guardian editorial on the news the first-born of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will, whatever its gender, be next in the line of succession according to royal reforms

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