PHOTOGRAPHS JUSTIN FOULKES
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The B4418 winding under the cliffs of Mynydd Mawr, a peak known colloquially as ‘Elephant Mountain’
IN THE EARLY HOURS OF 2 June 1953, guests sleeping at the Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel heard an urgent knocking on their doors and were instructed by the proprietor to assemble downstairs. They were among the first to learn that mortals had stood on the highest point on Earth, finding out not long after Queen Elizabeth II, who was crowned later that day. Glühwein was served in celebration.