Members of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire a 41-gun salute in Green Park in central London yesterday in honour of the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen took to the throne on February 6, 1952, on the death of her father king George VI. However, to allow for a period of national mourning, she was only crowned 16 months later on June 2 in London’s Westminster Abbey. The Queen marked 60 years since her coronation in private on June 2 but will be joined by the royal family and 2,000 guests at Westminster Abbey today for a service celebrating the anniversary.
