VERY RARE, Queen Elizabeth Coronation menu, Savoy Hotel, London

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This is a VERY RARE beautifully designed menu on good paper stock  for a celebratory dinner
at the famed Savoy Hotel, London,
held in honor of the Queen Elizabeth's coronation
I've researched whether this menu was featured at the famed Savoy Coronation Ball for Elizabeth II, on June 2, 1953, but I have no concrete proof. The second page states that the management is under 'Luigi', the chef de cuisine 'Alban'.
T
he hotel hosted the Savoy Coronation Ball, attended by 1,400 people, including Hollywood stars, royalty and other notables, who paid 12 guineas (equivalent to £354 as of 2019),
each.
Sixteen
Yeomen Warders
from the
Tower of London
lined the entrance staircase. The interior of the Savoy was decked in hundreds of yards of dove-grey material and heraldic banners in scarlet, blue and yellow.
The design was supervised by Bridget D'Oyly Carte, whose fellow organisers included
Cecil Beaton
and
Ninette de Valois
. The cabaret was under the direction of
Laurence Olivier
,
Noël Coward
and
John Mills
.
The
Savoy Hotel
is a
luxury hotel
located in the
Strand
in the
City of Westminster
in central London, England. Built by the
impresario
Richard D'Oyly Carte
with profits from his
Gilbert and Sullivan
opera productions, it opened on 6 August 1889. It was the first in the Savoy group of hotels and restaurants owned by Carte's family for over a century. The Savoy was the first luxury hotel in Britain, introducing electric lights throughout the building, electric lifts, bathrooms in most of the lavishly furnished rooms, constant hot and cold running water and many other innovations. Carte hired
César Ritz
as manager and
Auguste Escoffier
as
chef de cuisine
; they established an unprecedented standard of quality in hotel service, entertainment and elegant dining, attracting royalty and other rich and powerful guests and diners.
The hotel is now managed by
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
. It has been called "London's most famous hotel".
It has 267 guest rooms and panoramic views of the
River Thames
across
Savoy Place
and the
Thames Embankment
.