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On this exact day, on May 12, but 89 years ago, in 1937, the coronation of King George VI took place at Westminster Abbey in London 👑

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Coronation 1937 | Souvenir Magazine to mark the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth including their children The Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, 12 May 1937.

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KING GEORGE VI Coronation Portrait - MAY 12, 1937

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Coronation Day, May 12, 1937. HM King George VI and Queen Elizabeth appear on the balcony at Buckingham Palace with members of the Royal Family and attendants.

📷 Interesting historical note about this image for photography nerds like me. It was taken by photojournalist and official army photographer Edward G. Malindine, and became one of his best known images.

Malindine took the photo from the Victoria Monument using a home made telephoto lens which he built using components salvaged from a German First World War aerial camera. The lens, nicknamed "Long Tom", is believed to have been the first of its kind and was soon copied by other Fleet Street photographers.

I'm always struck by how emotional Queen Mary looks in this scene, quite overcome. Perhaps she didn't realize how well she could be seen by "Long Tom"!

Captain Edward G Malindine, official Army photographer, is presented to King George VI and Field Marshal Montgomery at 21 Army Group Headquarters in Holland on 15 October 1944, holding a Kodak Medalist camera used to photograph the investiture.