This brief account of the Coronation starts with the earliest known reports of the crowning of Kings going on to England's early Saxon period and how the ceremony has developed through custom and practice throughout the centuries to its present form, last performed in 1953. Full of fascinating facts the text is supported with illustrations taken from a hand coloured pamphlet first published in 1821, on the Coronation regalia, the costumes and the hierarchy of those taking part. This is an ideal publication for anyone remotely interested in the Coronation.