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As her triumphal progress wound through the city on the eve of the coronation ceremony, she was welcomed wholeheartedly by the citizens and greeted by orations and pageants, most with a strong Protestant flavour.

Elizabeth's open and gracious responses endeared her to the spectators, who were " wonderfully ravished ".

The following day, 15 January 1559, Elizabeth was crowned and anointed by Owen Oglethorpe, the Catholic bishop of Carlisle, at Westminster Abbey.

She was then presented for the people's acceptance, amidst a deafening noise of organs, fifes, trumpets, drums, and bells.