By Eleanor Dirlik
Map of England (coloured areas )
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For my Grandma and Granddad
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Table of Contents -About the Author
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-Historical Narrative Packet
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-Historical Narrative
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-Afterward
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-Bibliography
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About The Author Eleanor Dirlik is a 13 year old girl that was born in England. She moved to Turkey at the age of two and now lives in Bahcesehir, Istanbul with her family. Eleanor is a student at Istanbul International Community School. She is tremendously fond of poetry and from time to time will write a poem herself.
Eleanor Dirlik is a part of the Journalism exploratory group at her school and is currently working on a piece about earthquakes. Eleanor plays the piano and loves to read.
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The Coronation
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’m almost ready” I say as I put on my shoes. Me and my friends Graham, Marlene, Janet, Michael, Terry, Ann and my sister Cathy are going to go play football outside. I walk out the door to find my friends standing staring at me with wild eyes and gleaming smiles. There aren’t many people on the street. We are celebrating something at my neighbor’s house however I’m not yet sure what we are celebrating.
Street party for a coronation
I plod along the street to my neighbor’s house, with my friends alongside me. I felt a tiny drop of water on my head. I hope that was water off the old roof of my neighbor's house. Suddenly I feel many tiny water drops all over. Since I live in England
I know what this is. Rain. almost full. I start counting The clouds slowly cover the however many people I sun making the day cold. could see, there are about “Mike you're cheeks 20 people. are red!” Marlene says in a I stroll over to mother confusing manner. and ask “what are we I didn’t even realize. I celebrating?” clench my fists, my nails She says that we are digging into my hands celebrating Queen leaving a mark. I ignore her Elizabeth II’s coronation. I comment and head into my recall now that I saw the neighbor’s house for words ‘Queen Elizabeth II’ shelter, my friends following and ‘coronation’ on the like a tail. newspaper that my parents The marks start read this morning. I don’t fading off of my hands. I have a clue what the word notice the majority of the ‘coronation’ means. I am 11 party is inside. How many so I probably should know people will show up? Will it what it means. get too crowded? Graham told me “my mother said that we are going to watch the coronation off of a television!” I have heard the word television before. I ask my mother “Why don’t we have a television and what is it?” Queen Elizabeth II (far right with robe and crown) with her maids. She responds; “ A television is a radio but has “I know that but what visual images to the sound. I meant was, what is a Televisions are expensive coronation?” I question. and are only sold in certain Mother replies “A shops.” coronation is when the new Why are they only queen or king gets crowned sold in certain shops? How and steps onto the throne to come Mr. and Mrs. Myers serve his/her country”. have a television? It didn’t “Well how do we feel like the right time to know we can trust her? She ask. When I turn around I might be inexperienced realize that there are so because of her age.” There many people arriving at was a picture on the once that the house was newspaper so I also knew 12
what she looks like, blue eyes with brown hair and no wrinkles whatsoever. “She has proven her loyalty to us during World War 2 by doing public services. She is 26 therefore she has some experience.” Mother tells me. I can’t argue with that. She has proven her trust to our country. I walk up to my friends Janet and Michael that are standing in a corner whispering to each other. “Everyone looks so merry.” Michael whispers to Janet and I. He is right. Everyone is wearing colourful clothes, each person is beaming, with their head bent back with laughter. “I asked my father earlier and he said that one of the reasons that everybody is joyful is because there is finally a queen on the throne.
Apparently there hasn’t been a queen in some time now.” Janet says. I was just about to respond when I got pushed forward, my shoulder bumping into someone. I look around and find as if I am a frozen statue. The room filled up at a rapid pace, more and more people joining the party. As I was thinking someone cut me off; “I’m bored.” sighs Terry. “Why don’t we play a game-” “Ann hush it’s no time for playing games now!” Scolds Ann’s father. I search the room and find everyone in front of the television. Without speaking Graham, Ann, Terry and I
parade over to them and sit beside them on the soft, brown carpeted floor. On the black and white television screen I see our new queen standing on a platform waving her hand in an elegant, graceful way. She has a long white gown with a trail at the back of the dress. The dress has little white beads that looks as if you drop one it would shatter. The embroidery on her dress is extremely detailed. On top of her dress she is wearing a red coat with fur on the sides. There are people holding up the red coat for her. I bet it weighs at least three pounds. Following up the television shows all of the people that have gone to see her in real life. They are all wet and wearing raincoats. My mother was right. She has people backing up her decision to be England’s new queen.
Queen Elizabeth II arriving at Westminster Abbey in her Coronation robes and crown.
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Afterward Queen Elizabeth II was 25 when her father King George VI passed away. Queen Elizabeth II immediately replaced her father when he died. Queen Elizabeth II was on a state visit to Kenya, Africa with her husband Philip Mountbatten, the duke of Edinburgh when she heard the news about her father. She was 26 when she had her coronation on the 2nd of June 1953 (a year later her father passed away). The Queen’s coronation was the first to be displayed on television. Queen Elizabeth II was the 39th sovereign (monarch) to be crowned at Westminster Abbey in London, England. In spite of the fact that she was a great deal younger than her father was at the time of his coronation, Queen Elizabeth II attended public services during the World War 2 therefore she had already proven her commitment to her new country. Queen Elizabeth II is still on the throne to this day and has been the Queen of England for more than 50 years. She has travelled to 129 countries and supports more than 600 charities and organizations.
Westminster Abbey, London, England
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