How the shy King George VI was crowned on this day in 1937: The unlikely monarch's coronation in Westminster Abbey was glorious - but there WAS more than one mishap and feelings were still raw after E

It was a glorious day that boosted the country after the worst constitutional crisis in living memory. On May 12, 1937, five months after Edward VIII's abdication, his brother Albert - the stammering Duke of York - was crowned King George VI The unlikely monarch's coronation took place on the same day that had been set aside for his errant sibling before he stepped away to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson King George VI and Queen Elizabeth pose in their Coronation robes with daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret And Lang almost placed St Edward's Crown on the King's head the wrong way around. Archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Gordon Lang presides over the coronation of King George VI in Westminster Abbey in May 1937 Queen consort Elizabeth crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Gordon Lang After the royal couple returned to Buckingham Palace, they appeared on the balcony with daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret and waved to thousands of adoring Britons Unlike his daughter's Coronation in 1953, George VI's ceremony inside Westminster Abbey was not televised, although the procession was shown on TV and the service itself was filmed for posterity. Princess Elizabeth shakes the hand of the Duke of Norfolk as she arrives for the coronation of her parents The coronation procession of George VI, May 12, 1937, in Westminster Abbey Opulently dressed guests in the pews inside Westminster Abbey during George VI's coronation Queen Mary stands next to Princess Elizabeth during King George VI's coronation The official route of the coronation procession through London, May 12, 1937 Across the capital and the nation, people partied late into the night. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the day of their coronation, with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret The King and Queen wave to crowds with Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrive at Westminster Abbey on the day of their coronation Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, 1937.