
The fight to televise the Queen's Coronation
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The Coronation of Lady Jane
Lady Jane remembers the Queen was eventually asked and of course she had the final word. She didn't think it should be televised and if it she agreed with the government but then I think on reflection she thought so few people would see her that she will empty it. The news led to thousands of people rushing out to buy a TV and Lady Jane's family was no exception. We'd never ever had a television before. In fact my father bought one a month earlier as soon as he knew that I was scheduled beyond it. While people made plans for coronation parties, behind the scenes Peter Demaconis team were working hard. BBC mustered every outside broadcast camera it possessed to bring viewers live
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