The film explores the symbolic significance of the Crown Jewels in the coronation ceremony and their contemporary relevance to the UK. It also features eyewitness accounts of the 1953 Coronation, including a maid of honour who nearly fainted in the Abbey, and a 12-year-old choirboy who was left to sing solo when his overwhelmed colleagues lost their voices. The film explains the role and symbolic meaning of the Crown Jewels in the coronation ceremony and their contemporary relevance to the UK as a nation.