# @gettyimages on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr087z0S857
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/6124338-gettyimages-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-05-04T16:08:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

## Caption

As the UK prepares for the coronation of King Charles III, a look back at the build-up to the crowning of his mother Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Swipe through for earlier images anticipating the coronation of King George VI in 1937, George V and Queen Mary in 1911, and Edward VII in 1902. For more gettyarchive imagery of coronations past, follow our bio link. Full captions continue in comments.⁠
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1. One of the model lions which will surmount the Mall in London, during the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953 | Paul Popper/Popperfoto via Getty Images | popperfoto⁠
2. Cleaners sweep the steps leading up to the annexe outside the west entrance of Westminster Abbey. The annexe was used as a space to organise the processions before the coronation service, and was colloquially known as the "arrival & robing suite" | Ronald Startup/Picture Post/Hulton Archive⁠
3. A view of the annexe itself | Hulton Archive⁠
4. A line of movie cameras & tripods set up for the Coronation. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6457 - Pathe News Set Up For The Coronation - pub. 1953 | Ronald Startup/Picture Post/Hulton Archive⁠
5. Painting a roundel of Queen Elizabeth II | Popperfoto via Getty Images⁠
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#GettyImages #PreservingThePast #GettyArchive

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