However, later that year Edward abdicated the royal title over the controversy surrounding his decision to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American divorcee.
The regal white dress was made of white satin which was embroidered with the emblems of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth in gold and silver thread. The Queen has worn the coronation dress six times since then, including the Opening of Parliament in New Zealand and Australia in The massed London crowds refused to be downhearted by the weather, and most of them had spent the night before on the crowded pavements, waiting for this special day to begin. It was announced earlier in the year that the crowning of the Queen would be televised, and the sales of TV sets rocketed.
Several members of the Cabinet at the time, including Sir Winston Churchill , urged the Queen to spare herself the strain of the heat and glare of the cameras, by refusing to have the ceremony televised.
The Queen received this message coldly, and refused to listen to their protests. Just three days after U. Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Roaring Twenties. World War II. Westward Expansion. Art, Literature, and Film History. Sign Up. Civil War. American Revolution.
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