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

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 Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was the l ...

, ''the Queen's mother'' **

The Princess Margaret Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the younger sister and only sibling of Queen Elizabeth ...

, ''the Queen's sister'' *

The Princess Royal Princess Royal is a style customarily (but not automatically) awarded by a British monarch to their eldest daughter. Although purely honorary, it is the highest honour that may be given to a female member of the royal family. There have been sev ...

, ''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 Prince William of Gloucester (William Henry Andrew Frederick; 18 December 1941 – 28 August 1972) was a grandson of King George V and paternal cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. At birth he was fourth in line to the throne; he was ninth in lin ...

, ''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 Prince Michael of Kent, (Michael George Charles Franklin; born 4 July 1942) is a member of the British royal family, who is 51st in the line of succession to the British throne as of September 2022. Queen Elizabeth II and Michael were first ...

, ''the Queen's first cousin'' *

Princess Marie Louise Marie Louise or Marie-Louise may refer to: People *Marie Louise of Orléans (1662–1689), daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, queen consort of Charles II of Spain *Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688–1765), daughter of Charles I, Landgrave ...

, ''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 Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline; 25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981) was a member of the British royal family. She is the List of longest-living members of the British royal family, longest-lived British ...

, ''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 Colonel Richard Francis Abel Smith DL (11 October 1933 – 23 December 2004) was a British Army officer. Early life He was the son of Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith (1900–1993) and his wife Lady May Cambridge (1906-1994), née Princess May ...

, ''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 Duke of Beaufort (), a title in the Peerage of England, was created by Charles II in 1682 for Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, a descendant of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, legitimised son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of So ...

, ''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 A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...

and Princess George of Greece and Denmark, ''the Duke of Edinburgh's paternal uncle and aunt'' (representing his nephew, the

King of the Hellenes The Kingdom of Greece was ruled by the House of Wittelsbach between 1832 and 1862 and by the House of Glücksburg from 1863 to 1924, temporarily abolished during the Second Hellenic Republic, and from 1935 to 1973, when it was once more abolishe ...

)

Mountbatten family The Mountbatten family is a British dynasty that originated as an English branch of the German princely Battenberg family. The name was adopted on 14 July 1917, three days before the British royal family changed its name to “Windsor”, by ...

* 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 Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks (''née'' Mountbatten; born 19 April 1929) is a British aristocrat and relative of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (formerly Prince Lou ...

, ''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 Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

* Sheikh

Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1895 – 24 November 1965, Arabic: ) was the eleventh ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait and commander-in-chief of Kuwait Military Forces from 29 January 1950 to his death in 1965; he became the first Emir of t ...

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

* Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan of

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...

* Sultan

Omar Ali Saifuddien III Sultan Sir Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien ( Jawi: ; 23 September 1914 – 7 September 1986) was the 28th Sultan of Brunei, reigning from 4 June 1950 until his abdication from the throne on 5 October 1967. He was also Brunei's fir ...

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely sur ...

* Sultan Ibrahim IV of

Kelantan Kelantan (; Jawi: ; Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate'') is a state in Malaysia. The capital is Kota Bharu and royal seat is Kubang Kerian. The honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' (Jawi: ; "The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is located in the ...

* Sultan Hisamuddin and Raja Jemaah of

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

* Sultan

Ibrahim Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam. For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam. Ibrahim may also refer to: * Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people ...

and the Sultanah of

Johor Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan ...

* Sultan Khalifa bin Harubn and the Sultanah Nunu of

Zanzibar Zanzibar (; ; ) is an insular semi-autonomous province which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islands ...

* Sultan Ali III ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-'Abdali of

Lahej Lahij or Lahej ( ar, لحج, Laḥj, links=no), also called al-Hawtah, is a city and an area located between Ta'izz and Aden in Yemen. From the 18th to the 20th century, its rulers were of the Abdali branch of the Al-Sallami tribe who trace th ...

* Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah of

Perak Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...

Queen Salote Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mothe ...

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

* Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani (representing his father, the

Emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

)

Members of foreign royal families

* The

Crown Prince A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title is crown princess, which may refer either to an heiress apparent or, especially in earlier times, to the wif ...

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 The Norwegian monarch is the head of state of Norway, which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system. The Norwegian monarchy can trace its line back to the reign of Harald Fairhair and the previous petty kingdoms ...

) ** Princess Astrid of Norway, ''the Queen's second cousin and the Duke of Edinburgh's second cousin once removed'' *

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 monarchy of Denmark is a constitutional political system, institution and a historic office of the Kingdom of Denmark. The Kingdom includes Denmark proper and the autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe ...

) * The

Duke of Halland This lists those feudal magnates (counts, dukes, and other sort of princes) who have held Halland (''Hallandia'') as fief, or its southern or northern part, as a substantive title. Earl in Halland * Charles Eriksen, maternal grandson of Canute IV ...

, ''the Queen's second cousin once removed'' (representing his father, the

King of Sweden The monarchy of Sweden is the monarchical head of state of Sweden,See the Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Article 5. which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system.Parliamentary system: see the Instrument o ...

) * The Prince of Liège, ''the Queen's third cousin'' (representing his brother, the

King of the Belgians Belgium is a constitutional, hereditary, and popular monarchy. The monarch is titled king or queen of the Belgians ( nl, Koning(in) der Belgen, french: Roi / Reine des Belges}, german: König(in) der Belgier) and serves as the country's h ...

) * 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 territory of Luxembourg has been ruled successively by counts, dukes and grand dukes. It was part of the medieval Kingdom of Germany, and later the Holy Roman Empire until it became a sovereign state in 1815. Counts of Luxembourg House of A ...

) * The

Prince Consort of the Netherlands A consort of the Netherlands is a person married to a Dutch monarch during his or her reign. All female spouses of the monarchs of the Netherlands have been titled "Queen of the Netherlands" with the style ''Majesty''. The male spouses of the three ...

(representing his wife, the

Queen of the Netherlands The monarchy of the Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy. As such, the role and position of the monarch are governed by the Constitution of the Netherlands. Consequently, a large portion of it is devoted to the monarch. Roughly a third of ...

) * The Crown Prince of Laos (representing his father, the

King of Laos The Lao People's Democratic Republic is the modern state derived from the final Kingdom of Laos. The political source of Lao history and cultural identity is the Tai kingdom of Lan Xang, which during its apogee emerged as one of the largest kin ...

) * 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 is the younger brother and heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito of Japan and the younger son of Emperor emeritus Akihito and Empress emerita Michiko. Since his marriage in June 1990, he has had the title and has headed his own branch of the im ...

(representing his father, the

Emperor of Japan The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial House of Japan, Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his positio ...

) * The Crown Prince of Ethiopia (representing his father, the

Emperor of Ethiopia The emperor of Ethiopia ( gez, ንጉሠ ነገሥት, nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse ( am, ዐፄ, "emperor"), was the hereditary monarchy, hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century ...

) * 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 The king of Iraq ( ar, ملك العراق, ''Malik al-‘Irāq'') was Iraq's head of state and monarch from 1921 to 1958. He served as the head of the Iraqi monarchy—the Hashemite dynasty. The king was addressed as His Majesty (صاحب ال� ...

) * Prince Sisowath Monireth (representing his nephew, the

King of Cambodia The monarchy of Cambodia is the head of state of the Cambodia, Kingdom of Cambodia. In the contemporary period, the King's power has been limited to that of a symbolic figurehead. The monarchy had been in existence since at least 68 AD exce ...

) *

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 King of Egypt () was the title used by the ruler of Egypt between 1922 and 1951. When the United Kingdom issued the Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence on 28 February 1922, thereby ending its protectorate over Egypt, Egypt's Sultan ...

) * 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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