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Queen marks 60th anniversary of Coronation

A portrait of the Queen commissioned by the Royal Mail to mark the 60th anniversary of the Coronation Credit: Royal Mail/PA Wire/Press Association Images

The Queen will today celebrate the 60th anniversary of her Coronation.

In 1953, more than 8,200 guests witnessed the proceedings and an estimated 27 million people in Britain watched the events unfold on television, but today the monarch is spending the anniversary privately.

She is expected to be at her favourite royal residence Windsor Castle, where she likely to attend church at a private chapel within the estate.

The Queen will listen to an address by the Archbishop of Canterbury and a reading by Prime Minister David Cameron.