1953 in the United Kingdom

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January 28- Derek Bentley is executed at Wandsworth Prison in London for his part in the murder of PC Sidney Miles.
January 31- The car ferry, MV Princess Victoria sailing from Stranraer, Scotland to Larne, Northern Ireland, sinks in the Irish Sea killing 133 people onboard. Among the dead included Northern Ireland Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Major Maynard Sinclair, and Sir Walter Smiles, the Ulster Unionist MP for North Down.
January 31/February 1- The North Sea flood of 1953 kills hundreds of people on the east coast of Britain.
February 5- The rationing of sweets, introduced during World War II, ends.

March 16- Josip Tito, the Communist leader of Yugoslavia visits the UK, the first Communist leader to do so.
March 24- Queen Mary, the consort of the late King George V dies in her sleep at Marlborough House
March 31- The funeral of Queen Mary takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
April 13 - Ian Fleming publishes his first James Bond novel, Casino Royale
April 16- The Queen launches the Royal Yacht Britannia at the John Brown & Company shipbuilders on the Clyde.

June 2- The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II takes place at Westminster Abbey
November 17- An Italian steamer collides with a French motor vessel in the English Channel, killing 20 people.