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Daily Mirror
Jessica Boulton

The making of King Charles - and the longest wait to ascend to the throne

It was 70 years ago that King Charles attended his first coronation in Westminster Abbey.

Then he was just four-year-old boy, in navy blue shorts and a ruffled white shirt, fidgeting in the pews, under the doting eyes of his beloved grandmama, The Queen Mother.

The boom in sales of televisions, meant more of the nation than ever before was seeing just what he saw: A young woman, of just 26, being crowned Queen, with all the tradition and pomp the British adore.

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