Dr David Souden in conversation with Dr Anna Keay, Sir Roy Strong and Dame Gillian Wagner about their personal memories, views and insights on the Crown Jewels and Coronation.
Dr Anna Keay
Curatorial Director of English Heritage, wrote the recent sumptuously-illustrated and scholarly book on the Crown Jewels (published by Thames & Hudson with The Royal Collection and Historic Royal Palaces). Here she reflects on the regalia and their history, showing and understanding them, and on her own research into the court of Charles II.
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Sir Roy Strong
one of the leading British art and cultural historians, wrote the modern authoritative account of English coronations. As a schoolboy, he was selected to watch the 1953 coronation procession. Here he uses those memories to ponder the past, present and future of the coronation ceremony.
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Dame Gillian Wagner
who has had a distinguished public career in social work charities, is the widow of Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter King of Arms. She was present inside Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953, as the wife of a herald, and had a grandstand view. Dame Gillian shares her very personal memories about the day, the ceremonies, and her husband's role.
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