The coronation in this recipe is usually mixed with cooked chicken. This recipe, however, has replaced the chicken to become coronation turkey, a great way to use up leftover meat from the holidays. Coronation chicken was designed for the coronation of queen elizabeth ii in 1952. It includes fruit, curry, and mayonnaise. The recipe is representative of the british empire's colonization of the world, which resulted in british exploitation of curry and diverse fruits. The recipe remains a firm favorite all over the british isles.