A grand occasion: British woman, 90, remembers Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation

Lewis at her home in Bidford-on-Avon, central England, where she will watch the coronation on TV. Photo: William Edwards/AFP

Joyce Lewis has just turned 90, a little over a week before King Charles III's coronation.

But she still has strong memories of watching the last one 70 years ago. In 1953, she and friends camped out on The Mall, the avenue leading to Buckingham Palace, to watch the coronation procession of Queen Elizabeth II.