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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Rachelle Abbott and Mark Blunden

Podcast: The Queen’s royal approval for UK’s science and technology

The Queen wearing the Imperial State Crown, and the Duke of Edinburgh, after the Coronation (PA)

(Picture: PA Archive)

We’re remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s commitment to advancing science and technology, with pioneering discoveries starting in her 1953 coronation year when DNA’s double helix was discovered to the digital world now shaping everyone’s lives.

In the post-war era, the Queen was a fervent supporter of increasing the number of university-educated scientists and engineers.

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