What made Queen Elizabeth's coronation ceremony such a remarkable event?

Answer It was the first televised coronation in history

Elizabeth herself overrode official advice and agreed to let the BBC install cameras in the Abbey to record the event. 20 million people around the world tuned in to watch the ceremony, outnumbering the radio audience for the first time in history.

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