
Coronations are rare, spectacular events that stitch together pageantry, politics and public feeling. Rank these historic crownings by which one you'd most want to have seen with your own eyes.
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William the Conqueror, 1066
Crowned just weeks after Hastings, the ceremony descended into panic when Norman guards mistook English cheers for a riot and set nearby houses ablaze.

Elizabeth I, 1559
The young queen's carefully choreographed coronation signalled a decisive religious shift and set the tone for a defining Elizabethan age.

Charles II, 1661
After years of Puritan austerity, the new king's coronation dazzled with fresh regalia crafted to replace crowns melted down during the Commonwealth.

Victoria, 1838
Barely nineteen and largely unrehearsed, Victoria endured a five-hour ceremony marked by mishaps yet emerged as the face of a new imperial age.

Elizabeth II, 1953
Beamed into millions of living rooms, the ceremony transformed the monarchy into a shared national spectacle and helped launch the television age in Britain.
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