King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were crowned inside Westminster Abbey on May 12, 1937, five months after his brother Edward VIII had abdicated so he could marry divorcee Wallis Simpson.

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Coronation of King George Vi on May 12, 1937. Historia/Shutterstock (The service lasted two and a half hours and the king's most difficult moment came when he got to his public oath.

The crown was officially place on George VI's head on May 12, 1937—the same date that had originally been set for the coronation of his older brother, King Edward VIII (later known as the Duke ...

George VI coronation: King George VI, left, on the day of his coronation, May 12, 1937. His daughter, Elizabeth, second from left, would succeed him in 1952 and reign as queen for 70 years.

George VI coronation: King George VI, left, on the day of his coronation, May 12, 1937. His daughter, Elizabeth, second from left, would succeed him in 1952 and reign as queen for 70 years.

12 May 1937. The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 was the big event of the early television service and the first true outside broadcast, using a mobile control van.

King George VI was formally crowned on Wednesday, May 12, 1937, at Westminster Abbey in London. The same centuries-old rituals were in place on Saturday for his grandson, Charles III. “At a ...