CONSTRUCTION WILL CONTINUE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR WHILE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING THE BIGGEST EVENT IN THE WORLD COMING UP ON SATURDAY. AND THAT’S WHEN THE CORONATION OF KING CHARLES, THE THIRD, WILL TAKE PLACE. SEVEN DECADES AFTER HIS MOTHER, QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE SECOND WAS CROWNED, WE MET A PELHAM, A WOMAN WHO WAS ONE OF THE MANY WHO LINED THE STREETS TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THAT HISTORIC DAY. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO BE IN ENGLAND IN 1953, WHEN QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE SECOND, WAS CROWNED AS MONARCH. THAT YEAR, HER FOUR YEAR OLD SON, PRINCE CHARLES, WAS THERE. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE CENTER OF IT, AND SO WAS PELLA RESIDENT BEVERLY GRAVES. SHE WAS ONLY SIX YEARS OLD WHEN SHE STOOD WITH HER FAMILY TO WITNESS HISTORY. WE ALL HAD LITTLE PAPER CROWNS ON OUR HEADS, AND THEY SERVE STRAWBERRIES. AND IN CREAM AND CELEBRATED THE CORONATION OF THE QUEEN BEVERLY WAS IN ENGLAND VISITING HER GRANDMOTHER. HER DAD WAS AN AMERICAN SERVICEMEN DURING WORLD WAR TWO, AND THAT’S WHEN HE MET HER BRITISH MOM. I MEAN, I’VE ALWAYS BEEN SO PROUD OF BEING HALF BRITISH. YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT’S ALWAYS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. BEVERLY’S MOTHER MOVED TO AMERICA IN 1946, AND THAT’S WHERE THEY GREW THEIR FAMILY. WHILE SHE HAS NEVER LIVED IN ENGLAND, BEVERLY STILL HAS FAMILY THERE AND LOOKS BACK FONDLY AT HER MEMORIES OF THE VISITS. I KEEP IN TOUCH WITH SEVERAL OF MY COUSINS AND WE WRITE TO EACH OTHER AND WHEN WE GO WE STAY WITH A COUPLE OF THEM. SHE’LL PERFORM AT THE OPERA HOUSE SATURDAY, BUT BEFORE IT BEGINS, SHE WILL BE TUNED IN TO THE CORONATION. I’LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF IT LET THE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE OF IT ALL IS THE SAME AS WHAT I REMEMBER IN 1953. THAT’S SOMETHING SHE WILL NEVER FORGET. THINKING BACK ON, IT’S LIKE, WOW, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO BE HERE WHEN THE QUEEN WAS GETTI