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• The Queen Elizabeth II window

  David Hockney’s stained glass window in Westminster Abbey is a vibrantly-coloured contemporary work commissioned to celebrate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

  Art Royalty

• Sermon given at the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

  Monday, 19th September 2022

  Sermon given at the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: The pattern for many leaders is to be exalted in life and forgotten after death.

  State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

• Address at the dedication of a memorial to Owen and Henry Chadwick

  Thursday, 1st February 2018

  Address given by Professor Eamon Duffy, Professor of the History of Christianity, University of Cambridge

• Lady Chapel

  The 16th-century historian John Leland called the Henry VII Lady Chapel ‘the wonder of the world’ and it continues to inspire wonder amongst visitors today.

  Architecture

• Sisters in hope of the Resurrection: Mary and Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey

  Recorded to mark the 450th anniversary of Mary I’s death and Elizabeth I’s accession, this disc features some of the most magnificent music to emanate from an era of extraordinary religious and political turmoil.

• Sermon given at Matins in Thanksgiving for the Life of HM Queen Elizabeth II - Corinthians 15: 50

  Sunday, 11th September 2022

  A sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster about his thoughts regarding the life of Queen Elizabeth II.

• Royal tombs

  Westminster Abbey is the final resting place of many kings and queens, starting with King Edward the Confessor whose shrine stands just behind the High Altar.

• Elizabeth I's coronation

• Remembering Queen Elizabeth II

• Henry III lecture

• Henry VII's Lady Chapel

• Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

  Henry VII’s coronation took place in October 1485. He and his wife Elizabeth were the first monarchs to be buried in the Abbey’s Lady Chapel.

• Grand Duchess Elizabeth activity sheet

• Exploring the life of Queen Elizabeth II

• Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022

  Sunday, 25th September 2022

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Honest and the knowledge that a different sort of community exists in God and can be ours. I have.

• Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots lecture

• Life of Queen Elizabeth II assembly for primary

• Life of Queen Elizabeth II assembly for secondary

• Elizabeth daughter of Henry VII

  In the chapel of St Edward the Confessor is a small tomb with a black marble slab for Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VII.

• 18. Henry VII, crowned and buried in the Abbey

  Ahead of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort on 6 May, we’ll be sharing stories from each of the 38 Coronation services held here since 1066.