You are absolutely right, Nellie. Of course, there is the apparent obsurdity with this that the Monarchy never dies, so The Queen opened Parliament, sitting on the Throne, in November 1952. But that is quite right because she was as much The Queen on 6 February 1952 as she was on 2 June 1953.

The Coronation is a Religious and Sacramental function that has had State things bolted onto it, some good/important, some not so. Most importantly, it is the outward and visible confirmation of what already exists.