Buckingham Palace posted on Twitter, "And We're Off! The #diamondjubilee weekend begins."  (That says it all in fewer than 140 characters!)

It was 1953.  The fashion magazines were featuring the new rayon fabric.  A British expedition under Edmund Hillary conquered Mount Everest.  An armistice was signed in the Korean War. Winston Churchill was preparing his Coronation speech.

~ Long Live The Queen! Britain in 1953, Peter Street, Sutton Publishing, 2003.