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  • Abbey marks the Centenary of the Armistice

    Sunday, 11th November 2018

    The Queen and Frank-Walter Steinmeier The President of Germany attended A Service to mark the Centenary of the Armistice at Westminster Abbey.

    Armistice HM The Queen President of Germany Remembrance Royal Visit Prince Charles HRH The Duchess of Cornwall HRH The Duke of Cambridge HRH The Duchess of Cambridge HRH The Duke of Sussex HRH The Duchess of Sussex Special Service

  • Address given at a Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to mark ANZAC Day

    Wednesday, 25th April 2018

    Address given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 7th October 2018

    Sermon at Evensong on the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018: Beyond catastrophe On the Sunday before the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Randall Davidson.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2018

    Friday, 12th October 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2018: Our response to tough times should not be to turn away from God. Our focus.

  • Address given on ANZAC Day 2019

    Thursday, 25th April 2019

    We pray for a lasting peace in the world and for friendship to continue with Turkey and all the other nations with whom we were in conflict.

    ANZAC Day

  • Address given at a service to recognise fifty years of Continuous At Sea Deterrent

    Friday, 3rd May 2019

    We do owe a debt of gratitude to all those countless men and women who in the past fifty years have maintained the deterrent.

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2024

    Sunday, 15th September 2024

    God be with you till we meet again.

  • Abbey bells

    Westminster Abbey now has ten bells which are rung on church festivals and for royal and other occasions.

    Christianity

  • HM The Queen marks Warrior centenary

    Her Majesty The Queen visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 4th November 2020 to commemorate the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior.

  • St Margaret’s holds Parliament service to mark Centenary

    Tuesday, 6th November 2018

    A service for Parliament to mark the centenary of the end of World War I was held at St Margaret's Church on 6th November 2018.

  • Abbey remembers the Fallen

    Sunday, 11th November 2018

    A Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving on Remembrance Sunday was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 11th November 2018.

    Remembrance Sunday

  • The Duke of Sussex opens the 90th Field of Remembrance

    Thursday, 8th November 2018

    His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex opened the Royal British Legion's 90th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th November 2018.

    Field of Remembrance Prince Harry

  • Abbey releases Order of Service for Warrior centenary

    Wednesday, 11th November 2020

    This morning, a special service will mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey on 11 November 1920.

    Grave of the Unknown Warrior HRH The Prince of Wales

  • Duke of Edinburgh joins Abbey in Remembrance

    Thursday, 11th November 2010

    The Duke of Edinburgh opened the 82nd Royal British Legion’s Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day, Thursday 11th November 2010.

    WW1

  • Parliamentarians Mark First World War Centenary

    Tuesday, 11th November 2014

    Members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons and their staff attended a Service to Commemorate the Centenary of the First World War at Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day Tuesday 11th November 2014 at 10.30 am.

    Choir Music

  • Abbey to mark Warrior centenary

    Thursday, 29th October 2020

    Westminster Abbey will mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior with a special service, to be broadcast live on BBC One, on 11th November.

  • Royal Family marks Unknown Warrior centenary

    Wednesday, 11th November 2020

    Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended a service to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey on 11th November 2020.

  • Buried among the kings

    Honouring the Unknown Warrior, a centenary after his burial in Westminster Abbey.

  • A joyful noise: the bells of Westminster Abbey

    A joyful noise: the bells of Westminster Abbey:.

  • The Nation's Memory

    When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.

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