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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

  • Remembering 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.

  • Exploring the life of Queen Elizabeth II

  • Sermon preached on the feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 2023

    Friday, 13th October 2023

    Sermon preached on the feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 2023: This is an astonishing place, and today we honour the Saint whose gift it is. On this day,.

  • Life of Queen Elizabeth II assembly for primary

  • Life of Queen Elizabeth II assembly for secondary

  • 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.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2019

    Sunday, 13th October 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2019: Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? Jesus said.

    Edwardtide

  • 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 the Sung Eucharist for the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2015

    Tuesday, 13th October 2015

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

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist for the Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 2016

    Thursday, 13th October 2016

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

  • The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II

    Monday, 19th September 2022

    The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II: The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II was held at Westminster Abbey at 11:00am on Monday 19th September 2022. Before the service, the.

    Special Service HM The Queen

  • Elizabeth II

    Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on 2nd June 1953. Her wedding to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, took place in 1947. Her funeral was held on 19th September 2022.

  • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, son of Elizabeth II

    b.1960

    On 23 July 1986, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (then Prince Andrew), second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was married to Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.

  • Queen Elizabeth II remembered during Royal carol service

    Saturday, 24th December 2022

    Tributes were paid to HM Queen Elizabeth II during the second annual Royal Carols: Together at Christmas service at Westminster Abbey.

    Christmas Royal Visit

  • Poets' Corner Honour for Elizabeth Gaskell

    Friday, 24th September 2010

    A memorial window panel in Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner to the Victorian novelist and biographer Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 – 1865) was dedicated on Saturday 25th September 2010.

    Elizabeth Gaskell Poets' Corner Memorial dedication

  • Edward of Woodstock (the Black Prince)

    Soldier

    Edward of Woodstock, better known as the "Black Prince" was the eldest son of Edward III and his queen Philippa of Hainault.

  • A prayer for John Paul II

    Monday, 4th April 2005

    KAROL WOJTYLA, 1920- 2005; JOHN PAUL II, 1978- 2005

    Pope John Paul II

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