DECRYPTION – During his seven decades at the head of the United Kingdom, the history of his Majesty is intimately linked to the evolution of the media.
On June 2, 1953, the coronation of 25-year-old Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey was the first major event to be broadcast internationally on television. From the UK, France, Denmark, the Netherlands and the FRG, citizens were able to watch the six-hour ceremony live in front of their TVs. Then, the passage of the procession was broadcast on a delayed basis in the United States, Canada and Australia, while the planes exported the reels of film… Throughout the world that year, more than 277 million people given the accession to the throne of Elizabeth II, worthy successor of her father Georges VI, between live, delayed and retransmission to the cinema.
LIVE – Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96
Seven decades and fifteen British prime ministers later, the disappearance of Elizabeth Windsor on September 8, 2022 will arguably be the biggest media event in UK history. The country’s newsrooms had been meticulously prepared for it, following step by step…