Long time since.

Sixty years ago today since the Coronation, so there won't be that many of us who remember it.  My main memory (I was 15) is that not too many houses had television back then, and those like us that did, invited all the neighbours round to watch, so we had a houseful.  My other memory is of the Queen of Tonga who captured everybody's hearts - or at least mine - by smiling broadly and obviously enjoying herself as she was driven to and from the ceremony in an open carriage despite the pouring rain.  I've since learned that it rains a lot in Tonga, so she was used to it.