by Lewis Cowen:
Queen Elizabeth II acceded to the throne in 1952, and to mark her coronation the next year, BWA issued a commemorative picture, "1953 CORONATION". This was the second occasion when the subject had no tangible connection with Macclesfield, but was not to be the last.
It is recorded that when the Managing Director saw the first pictures coming from the loom, he insisted that "some picks be taken from her chest" - she had been made to look too matronly, and she was still only a girl! Furthermore, as one of the Bishops appeared to have a moustache which made him resemble Adolph Hitler, this also had to be removed.
Other comments:
The silk itself was also included in the 1977 Queen's Silver Jubilee double silk (obk88 on this site).
Whilst the silk is the same, the card mount can have different words, as in this example: