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Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Britain's Coronation Committee in London lifted its ban on televising parts of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation on June 2, 1953, allowing coverage of the recognition, crowning, and homage, but barring the anointing, Communion prayers, and Sacrament.
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LONDON, (P) - Britain's Coronation Committee lifted Monday its ban on televising the actual crowning of Queen Elizabeth II next June 2.
Giving in to outraged howls of TV owners and others, the committee said it had reexamined the question and had "approved the extension of television to parts of the service."
"It is therefore hoped," the announcement said, "to make arrangements for the recognition, the crowning and the homage to be included." These are all parts of the ceremony.
Other parts of the ceremonies inside Westminster Abbey will remain barred to TV -- the anointing, the Communion prayers and the administration of the Sacrament.
The original ban was based on the committee's fears that the unwinking eye of the television camera might catch the youthful queen in an undignified moment during the long ceremony, something like a sneeze or a hasty swipe at a perspiring brow.
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London
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Monday, For Coronation Next June 2
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ban lifted for televising the recognition, crowning, and homage; anointing, communion prayers, and sacrament remain barred.
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Britain's Coronation Committee lifted its ban on televising the actual crowning of Queen Elizabeth II next June 2, approving extension of television to parts of the service including the recognition, crowning, and homage. Other parts inside Westminster Abbey remain barred. Original ban feared undignified moments captured by cameras.