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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

• 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.

• Elizabeth I's coronation

• Remembering Queen Elizabeth II

• Grand Duchess Elizabeth activity sheet

• Exploring the life of Queen Elizabeth II

• Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots lecture

• Life of Queen Elizabeth II assembly for primary

• Life of Queen Elizabeth II assembly for secondary

• 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.

• Advent Reflection 4

  Sunday, 22nd December 2024

  Explore Elizabeth and Mary's response to God's promise with The Reverend Canon James Hawkey on this Fourth Sunday of Advent.

• 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.

• Royal Weddings

  When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were married at Westminster Abbey in April 2011, they followed a long line of British royal weddings.

• Lady Elizabeth and Joseph Nightingale monument maquette

  Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see the Lady Elizabeth and Joseph Nightingale monument maquette, and many more objects, in real life. High above the Abbey floor, come face to face with the Abbey’s greatest treasures covering over 1,000 years of faith and history. Along with worship, examine objects that teach us about the building of Westminster Abbey, its role in national memory and its relationship with royalty.

• 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

• Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lectures

  Eric Abbott was Dean of Westminster between 1959 and 1974. His friends set up a memorial trust to provide for an annual lecture on spirituality.

• 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.

• Funeral and wax effigies

  Find out about the funeral effigies at the Abbey.