A pensioner has kept a unusual royal souvenir since receiving it 69 years ago.

Margaret Duff was one of the few lucky children to have been given a holographic photograph of the monarch and the royal family.

Margaret shares memories of coronation day in 1953

The 75-year-old, of Beech Road, Hoo Marina Park, recalls how she got the royal memorabilia on coronation day, 16 months after the Queen ascended to the throne in February 1952.

She said: "I think I was only six or seven at the time. We were in the process of having a street party for the coronation and we had an awful lot of rain and we had to move everything into our local chapel.

"When we got there, one of the local farmers and his wife were guests of honour. I gave his wife, Mrs Kidney, a bouquet of flowers and my friend Ernest gave Mr Kidney a large cigar. In return, we got this hologram and a miniature Daily Telegraph the next day."

The hologram shows a picture of the Queen and Prince Philip, shifting to a picture of Prince Charles and Princess Anne as it's moved.

Despite its rarity, Margaret said she didn't make much of it at the time but she still has both gifts carefully kept in her lounge.

She also remembers everything from coronation day, especially her living room being filled with neighbours trying to watch the royal spectacle, as her family – who lived in Mountbatten Avenue in Higham – was one of the only ones with a television.

Margaret said: "I'd been working with my mum and dad in making flags from torn up pieces of sheeting. We dyed them with vegetable dyes, painted them and placed them outside our house.

"We made shields from cardboard, put them around the garden and along the street and we won first prize in the road.

"My parents and I were very fortunate because we were one of the only five houses that had television in our village.

"Our living room was full of people, friends and neighbours, come to watch the coronation with us. I don't remember how many people exactly but the lounge was full. There were people sitting on the floor or standing up watching a nine-inch screen on the corner of the room.

"I'm a fan of the Queen and all I can say to her is well done. If anybody deserves a medal, I think she does."