ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Members of the The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) marked Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's 60th coronation anniversary by firing a 62 round Royal Salute on Monday (June 3).<br/> <br />At 1300 local time (1200GMT) soldiers from 3 Squadron HAC fired guns from the Thames river banks, near the Tower of London.<br/> <br />The Honourable Artillery Company is the British Army's oldest regiment.<br/> <br />Queen Elizabeth II was crowned on June 2, 1953 when she was just 27 years old, but as the anniversary fell on a Sunday, a day when gun salutes are traditionally not fired, the military spectacle was performed the day after instead.
