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Topic spans: 1951 - 1964

Canada's New Queen

On Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was proclaimed Queen of Canada. Her spectacular coronation in Westminster Abbey the following year was heard by millions on the radio and was the first ever to be televised. When she visited Canada in 1951, 1957, 1959 and 1964, Elizabeth left an indelible mark on Canadians coast to coast.

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The princess bride

Broadcast Date: Nov. 13, 1947

Postwar rationing is still a fact of life in 1947 Britain, but a royal wedding is no place for austerity. Princess Elizabeth is about to marry, and Britons want a bit of pageantry with the event. So, for the first time since the war, members of the royal household cavalry will wear their dress uniforms instead of drab khaki. Details of the bridal gown, however, are supposed to remain a strict secret until after the wedding, reports the CBC's Matthew Halton.

The princess bride

• Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten met in July 1939 at the Royal Naval College, where he had been a cadet and she was visiting with her father. They corresponded over the years and announced their engagement in July 1947.
• Mountbatten was made Duke of Edinburgh shortly before the wedding. In 1957, the palace announced that Queen Elizabeth had designated him a Prince of the United Kingdom. He would henceforth be known as Prince Philip.

The princess bride

Medium: Radio

Program: CBC News Roundup

Broadcast Date: Nov. 13, 1947


Host: Larry Henderson
Reporter: Matthew Halton

Duration: 3:09

Last updated:
Nov. 13, 2008


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