toggle breadcrumb navigationHome/Collection/Exhibitions/The.../Buckingham.../The.../Coronation.../Anointing.../The Queen's Coronation 1953: Buckingham PalaceThis exhibition is in the past. View our current exhibitions.The Queen's Coronation 1953Buy the BookCoronation Anniversary ChinaInstallation shotsVideo: The Gold State CoachBackThe Queen's Coronation 1953Coronation DayCoronation OutfitsThe Queen's Coronation BanquetsBackCoronation OutfitsSIR NORMAN HARTNELL (1901-79)Anointing gown 1953RCIN 250682Once divested of all symbols of her status, The Queen was dressed in this simple white shift for the sacred moment of the Anointing.PreviousNextPreviousNext