British Honduras is the name that had the area now occupied by the independent state of Belize, it was a British colony located on the eastern coast of Central America. Initially claimed by the Spanish in the seventeenth century, in the following century, became the site of colonization by British dedicated to cutting valuable timber and then became a colony under the British crown from 1871 to 1964, when it became a self-governing colony. The British Honduras became fully independent from the United Kingdom in 1981, thus assuming the name of Belize. It was the last continental possession of the United Kingdom in the Americas.
1953 - Queen Elizabeth II Coronation
On 2nd June 1953 Princess Elizabeth was crowned Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon, thus assuming the role of Head of the Commonwealth. Elizabeth ascended to the throne of these countries following the death of his father, King George VI. During the coronation ceremony, Queen Elizabeth swore an oath to uphold the law in his kingdom and take over the government of the Church of England.
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