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Queen's Coronation honored with 62-gun salute

June 2nd, 2012 by Joe O'Brien
Joe O'Brien
London, United Kingdom, Europe
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Queens Coronation honored with 62gun salute
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A shell is fired from one of the guns. Tower Bridge is in the background.
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A smoke ring floats after a shell is discharged by one of the guns. Tower Bridge is in the background.
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A shell is fired from one of the guns. Tower Bridge is in the background.
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A senior officer salutes.
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The anniversary of HM the Queen's Coronation in 1953 was marked by a 62-gun salute at Gun Wharf Tower at the Tower of London by the Honourable Artillery Company this afternoon. An earlier 41-gun salute was held in Hyde Park.

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