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• 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.

• Grand Duchess Elizabeth activity sheet

• Sermon given at the Installation of Paul Baumann CBE as Receiver General

  Saturday, 12th January 2019

  "This time of year seems to me to leave us in a state of querulous anxiety."

  Paul Baumann Receiver General

• 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.

  State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II Special Service HM The Queen

• 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

• Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

  Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was married and crowned in the Abbey and had her funeral here in 2002.

• Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia

  Princess Elizabeth Stuart was buried in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel. She was the only surviving daughter of James VI of Scotland.

• 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

• Westminster Abbey sets the scene for official portrait of HM The Queen

  Friday, 28th September 2012

  Australian painter Ralph Heimans has chosen Westminster Abbey as the location for an official portrait of Her Majesty The Queen in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee.

  Ralph Heimans

• First public display in London for Diamond Jubilee Portrait of The Queen

  Sunday, 19th May 2013

  A portrait of Her Majesty The Queen depicted standing on the Cosmati pavement in Westminster Abbey will go on public display for the first time in London as part of the Abbey’s celebrations for the 60th anniversary of The Queen’s coronation.

• Portrait of The Queen back on display

  Monday, 15th July 2013

  The Coronation Theatre: Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ralph Heimans goes back on public display in the Chapter House today following conservation work to repair damage to the painting which took place last month.

• HM The Queen grants historic Charter

  Friday, 17th February 2012

  In an Audience at Buckingham Palace today, HM The Queen presented a historic charter to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster which sets out for the first time how Westminster Abbey should be governed on a day-to-day basis.

  Supplemental Charter

• 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.

• HM The Queen marks Warrior centenary

  Saturday, 7th November 2020

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

  Grave of the Unknown Warrior Armistice

• Buckingham Palace publishes Order of Service for the Coronation of The King and Queen

  Saturday, 6th May 2023

  Buckingham Palace has published the Order of Service for the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and Queen, which will be held in Westminster Abbey at 11:00am today, Saturday 6th May.

  Coronation news

• Elizabeth I

  Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII, was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 15th January 1559. Her large monument is in the Lady Chapel.

• Queen Victoria Coronation 'Peepshow' Restored for Galleries

  Tuesday, 22nd August 2017

  A rare historic ‘peepshow’ commemorating Queen Victoria’s 1838 Coronation is being prepared for display in the new Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries.

  Queen Victoria The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries Coronation

• Order of Service for the State Funeral published

  Sunday, 18th September 2022

  Buckingham Palace this evening published the Order of Service for the State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II, which will be held in Westminster Abbey tomorrow (Monday 19th September 2022).

• Elizabeth Woodville

  Elizabeth Woodville is buried with her husband King Edward IV at St George's chapel, Windsor, but she took Sanctuary at Westminster Abbey on two occasions.

• Queen to miss Commonwealth Observance

  Monday, 11th March 2013

  Buckingham Palace today announced that Her Majesty The Queen will not be attending this year's Observance for Commonwealth Day.

  Commonwealth Service