ZUM4862822: Jul 07, 1953 - Queen Salote leaves - still smiling.: Queen Salote of Tonga - the” Friendly Island” in the pacific, said farewell to Britain today. Queen Salote, who attended the Coronation said:” You are good enough to say that I have won the heart of your Island- you Island has won mine for ever. I shall never, never, forget” The 6ft.3ins Queen, first laughed her wave into the affection of Londoners as she sat in an open carriage in pouring rain on coronation day / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4863039: Jul 07, 1953 - Royal coronation pageant on the Thames... Model of the” Gothic”: Photo shows Model of the” Gothic” - the vessel in which H.M. The Queen will travel to an from Australia and New Zealand - as seen from Hungerford Bridges - during the Royal River Pageant on the Thames today. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4862846: Jul 07, 1953 - Emergency Food Supply For Needy East Berlin Population: Already in the early morning hours of Monday, July 27th, 21953, over 20,000 Hungary and needy from East Berlin lined up before the individual town-halls of the city of Berlin Where food is distributed to them. Many stood hours and hours to receive a package with fat or some cans. / Bridgeman Images