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#71 CS Lewis and the Queen - an interview with Dr Michael Ward

The C.S. Lewis podcast

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What Was Lewis's Reaction to the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth?

There were six monarchs in Lewis's lifetime. He wouldn't have been able to witness all of them partly because he was so young and partly because the first one that was ever televised was Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953. But we do know that he watched that. And I mean, what was his reaction to that? Well, I did a little bit of research earlier today, Ruth, and I discovered that Lewis didn't watch it but his brother did.

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