List of royal guests at the coronation of Elizabeth II

The following is a list of royal guests at the coronation of Elizabeth II, which took place on 2 June 1953.^[1]

Family of Queen Elizabeth II

British royal family

• The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen's husband
  • The Duke of Cornwall, the Queen's son and heir
• Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, the Queen's mother
  • The Princess Margaret, the Queen's sister
• The Princess Royal, the Queen's paternal aunt
  • The Earl and Countess of Harewood, the Queen's first cousin and his wife
  • The Hon. Gerald Lascelles, the Queen's first cousin
• The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Queen's paternal uncle and aunt
  • Prince William of Gloucester, the Queen's first cousin
  • Prince Richard of Gloucester, the Queen's first cousin
• The Duchess of Kent, the Queen's paternal aunt by marriage (also the Duke of Edinburgh's first cousin)
  • The Duke of Kent, the Queen's first cousin
  • Princess Alexandra of Kent, the Queen's first cousin
  • Prince Michael of Kent, the Queen's first cousin
• Princess Marie Louise, the Queen's first cousin twice removed
• Lady Patricia and The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, the Queen's first cousin twice removed and her husband
  • Alexander Ramsay, the Queen's second cousin once removed
• The Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the Queen's paternal great-uncle and great-aunt (also the Queen's first cousin twice removed)
  • Lady May and Sir Henry Abel Smith, the Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband
    • Richard Abel Smith, the Queen's second cousin

Bowes-Lyon family

• Albemarle Bowes-Lyon, the Queen's first cousin
• Simon Bowes-Lyon, the Queen's first cousin
• The Hon. Mrs. Andrew Elphinstone, wife of the Queen's first cousin
• James Bowes-Lyon, the Queen's first cousin once removed

Teck-Cambridge family

• The Marquess and Marchioness of Cambridge, the Queen's first cousin once removed and his wife
  • Lady Mary and Peter Whitley, the Queen's second cousin and her husband
• The Duchess and Duke of Beaufort, the Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband
• Lady Helena Gibbs, the Queen's first cousin once removed

The Duke of Edinburgh's family

Greek royal family

• Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, the Duke of Edinburgh's mother
  • The Princess and Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the Duke of Edinburgh's sister and brother-in-law
    • Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the Duke of Edinburgh's niece
  • The Margravine and Margrave of Baden, the Duke of Edinburgh's sister and brother-in-law
    • The Hereditary Prince of Baden, the Duke of Edinburgh's nephew
  • Princess and Prince George William of Hanover, the Duke of Edinburgh's sister and brother-in-law
    • Princess Christina of Hesse, the Duke of Edinburgh's niece
• Prince and Princess George of Greece and Denmark, the Duke of Edinburgh's paternal uncle and aunt (representing his nephew, the King of the Hellenes)

Mountbatten family

• The Marquess of Milford Haven, the Duke of Edinburgh's first cousin
• The Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma, the Duke of Edinburgh's maternal uncle and aunt
  • The Lady and Lord Brabourne, the Duke of Edinburgh's first cousin and her husband
  • Lady Pamela Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh's first cousin
• The Marchioness of Carisbrooke, wife of the Queen's first cousin twice removed (also wife of the Duke of Edinburgh's first cousin once removed)

Rulers of British protectorates

• Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I of Bahrain
• Sheikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah of Kuwait
• Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi
• Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei
• Sultan Ibrahim IV of Kelantan
• Sultan Hisamuddin and Raja Jemaah of Selangor
• Sultan Ibrahim and the Sultanah of Johor
• Sultan Khalifa bin Harubn and the Sultanah Nunu of Zanzibar
• Sultan Ali III ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-'Abdali of Lahej
• Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah of Perak
• Queen Salote of Tonga
• Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani (representing his father, the Emir of Qatar)

Members of foreign royal families

• The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Norway, the Queen's first cousin once removed and his wife (also the Queen's second cousin once removed) and the Duke of Edinburgh's second cousins (representing the Crown Prince's father, the King of Norway)
  • Princess Astrid of Norway, the Queen's second cousin and the Duke of Edinburgh's second cousin once removed
• Prince and Princess Axel of Denmark, the Queen's first cousin twice removed and second cousin once removed (also the Duke of Edinburgh's first cousin once removed and second cousin) (representing Prince Axel's first cousin once removed, the King of Denmark)
• The Duke of Halland, the Queen's second cousin once removed (representing his father, the King of Sweden)
• The Prince of Liège, the Queen's third cousin (representing his brother, the King of the Belgians)
• The Hereditary Grand Duke and Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, the Queen's fourth cousin and third cousin (representing his mother, the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg)
• The Prince Consort of the Netherlands (representing his wife, the Queen of the Netherlands)
• The Crown Prince of Laos (representing his father, the King of Laos)
• Prince Himalayapratrap Vir Vikram Shah and Princess Princep (representing his father, the King of Nepal)
• The Hereditary Prince of Vietnam (representing his father Bảo Đại, the Chief of State of Vietnam)
• The Crown Prince of Japan (representing his father, the Emperor of Japan)
• The Crown Prince of Ethiopia (representing his father, the Emperor of Ethiopia)
• Prince Fahad Ibn Abdul Aziz (representing his father, the King of Saudi Arabia)
• Shah Wali Khan (representing his nephew, the King of Afghanistan)
• The Crown Prince of Iraq (representing his nephew, the King of Iraq)
• Prince Sisowath Monireth (representing his nephew, the King of Cambodia)
• Prince and Princess Chula Chakrabongse (representing his first cousin, the King of Thailand)
• Prince Saif Al Islam Al Hassan (representing his brother, the King of Yemen)
• The Nabil Suleyman Daoud (representing the King of Egypt)
• Prince Karl Alfred and Princess Agnes of Liechtenstein (representing his brother, the Prince of Liechtenstein)
• Prince Pierre of Monaco (representing his son, the Prince of Monaco)

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