All About Royal Families

On 2 June 1953 the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place at Westminster Abbey. When King George VI, Elizabeth's father died on  6 February 1952, Elizabeth was proclaimed Queen at the age of 25. On 2 June 1953, Queen Elizabeth took the oath, was anointed with the holy oil, invested with the robes and relegia. Elizabeth was proclaimed queen of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, Canada and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). It was the first British coronation to be televised. The preparations took at least 14 months and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh became the chairman of the Coronation commission. Norman Hartnell was contacted to make the coronation gown and the other outfits for the royal family. When Queen Mary, Elizabeth's grandmother died on 24 March 1953, she stipulated in her will that the coronation should take place on 2 June 1953. Before the coronation there was a long procession and along the rout

Following the royal families certainly is as a big circle of life. They have very happy moments such as births and weddings but there are sad things too. One of the most saddest moments in recent history was the Royal Massacre of Nepal, which took place on 1 June 2001. Then Crown Prince Dipendra opened fire at a house on the grounds of the Narayanhity Royal Palace, the residence of the Nepalese Royal Family. At that moment a party was being held. Crown Prince Dipendra shot and killed his father, King Birendra, his mother, Queen Aishwarya and seven other members of the royal family before shooting himself in the head. King Birendra of Nepal His motive for the murders is unknown but as always there are various theories. One of them was the fact that Dipendra wanted to marry Devyani Rana, whom he had met in the United Kingdom. However he had to give up his claim to the throne in order to marry her (because she came from a lower-class of Indian royal fam