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Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Cover of the service in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, in both Hebrew and English.

Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Museum & Archives.

The programme cover for the special service held in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953. The document is written in both English and Hebrew.

The document written by the Office of the Chief Rabbi of London, UK reads as follows:

Prayer and Thanksgiving

for the Coronation of Her Majesty

Queen Elizabeth

To be recited in all synagogues on the Sabbath 30th of May 1953/5713 or on the day of the Coronation, Tuesday, 2nd June, 1953/5713.