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The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II/The Death of Diana

The coronation of the young Queen Elizabeth on June 2nd 1953, the first coronation ever to be televised. Despite the death of Queen Mary on 24 March, the coronation went ahead, as Mary had asked before she died, taking place as planned on 2 June 1953. On 31 August 1997, Diana was fatally injured in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris, which also caused the deaths of her companion Dodi Fayed and the driver, Henri Paul, acting security manager of the Hôtel Ritz Paris. Millions of people watched her funeral.

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  • Originally Aired September 10, 2003
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Network BBC Four
  • Created July 29, 2017 by
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  • Modified August 6, 2023 by
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