Smiling Queen Returns to Her Home - Smiling happily, the Queen rides in the golden State Coach into Buckingham Palace at the end of her triumphal progress from her Coronation at Westminster Abbey, London, to-day (Tuesday). She wears the Imperial State Crown, carries the Royal Sceptre and the Orb. Smiling Happily the Queen rides in the golden State Coach into Buckingham Palace at the end of her triumphal progress from her Coronation at Westminster Abbey. She wears the Imperial state crown. This picture reached Sydney today by record-breaking Qantas Constellation. June 02, 1953. (Photo by Reuterphoto).