It was a high-stakes race against time, involving top-secret missions across the Atlantic, with jet bombers and fighters flying special payloads – and a chimpanzee TV star who nearly ruined it all.As royal fans around the world prepare for of on Saturday, they can rest assured that whatever happens on the day, any backstage drama is unlikely to match what unfolded at his mother’s crowning 70 years ago.On June 2, 1953, the world turned to ’s Westminster Abbey. Elizabeth II was to be anointed as Queen to some 2.5 billion people in a moment of supreme pomp and pageantry.
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