60th anniversary of Queen's coronation marked at Westminster Abbey

The 60th anniversary of the Queen's coronation is being marked by a service at Westminster Abbey today.

The Queen's 1953 coronation was one of the first major television events with many people gathering around sets owned by friends, family or neighbours, many of whom had bought their first TV for the occasion.

More than 20 members of the extended Royal Family are present at today's service. The Duke of Edinburgh who missed an engagement on Monday evening after feeling unwell, is attending.

A number of people who took part in the 1953 service are among the congregation.

Some of the symbolic pieces from the coronation are being displayed on the High Altar - among them the solid gold St Edward's Crown, the Ampulla from which the holy oil was poured for the Queen's anointing and the Coronation Chair.

A large crowd waiting in the warm sunshine, greeted the royal party which includes the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, the Duke of York, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, Lady Louise Windsor, the Princess Royal and Zara Phillips with her husband Mike Tindall.

Prime Minister David Cameron and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Kamalesh Sharma, are both giving readings.