Queen's Coronation Service To Mark 60 Years

The Queen has joined more than 20 members of the Royal Family at a service marking the 60th anniversary of her coronation.

Her Majesty made the journey from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey by car, cheered by modest crowds along the short route.

Fanfare trumpeters of the Band of the Welsh Guards sounded a musical flourish to announce her arrival.

The Queen was greeted by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Rev Dr John Hall, at the Great West Door of the Abbey, where kings and queens have been crowned since 1066.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, who opened the service, paid tribute to her "60 years of commitment", praising her devotion to duty and self-sacrifice.

Earlier, the Duke of Cambridge and a heavily pregnant Duchess of Cambridge took their seats among the 2,000-strong congregation.

They were joined by Prince Harry and the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, as well as Prime Minister David Cameron, who gave the Bible reading.

Senior military officials and some of those who took part in the 1953 coronation also attended the event.

The Queen was accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, despite concerns about his health.

He pulled out of an official engagement on Monday night because he was feeling "under the weather".

It was the 91-year-old's second cancelled official engagement in four days after he was unable to attend a lecture on Friday at St George's House in Windsor.

The Queen's coronation, which took place at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953, was witnessed by 8,200 guests and watched by an estimated 27 million people on television.

The nation watched spellbound as the Queen, just 27 years old, played the central figure in the centuries-old ceremony.