What The Queen really thought of Donald Trump and how Philip even managed to offend guests at her Coronation: All is revealed in CRAIG BROWN'S deliciously gossipy royal book READ MORE: Look back at Craig Brown's unmissable insights from the beginning By Craig Brown For The Daily Mail Published: 22:33, 19 August 2024 | Updated: 22:42, 19 August 2024 e-mail 10 View comments On the evening before the Queen's coronation in 1953, one of her ladies in waiting says, 'You must be feeling nervous, ma'am.' 'Of course I am,' replies the Queen, 'but I really do think Aureole will win.' Aureole is her horse that is running in the Derby this coming weekend.
Does she really mean it, or is she only joking? Like so many of her remarks, it is probably a bit of both. An estimated 150 continental prostitutes will be arriving in the West End in readiness for the Coronation . This is only to be expected: these grand theatrical events affect people in different ways.
Liverpool Public Libraries announce the winner in the under-11 age group for an essay in celebration of the coming event. This winning essay is by Paul McCartney , age ten years, ten months. It begins: 'On the Coronation Day of William the Conqueror, senseless Saxon folk gathered round Westminster Abbey to cheer their Norman king as he walked down the aisle.
'The Normans, thinking this was an insult, turned upon the Saxons killing nearly all of them. But on the Coronation of our lovely young queen, Queen Elizabeth II , no rioting nor k.