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  • The Queen attends Commonwealth Service

    Monday, 13th March 2017

    Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended The Commonwealth Service: A Celebration of the Commonwealth at Westminster Abbey on Monday 13th March 2017. They were accompanied by The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry, The Duke of York and The Earl of Wessex.

    Special Service Royal Visit HM The Queen HRH The Duke of Edinburgh HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duchess of Cornwall Prince Harry HRH Prince Henry of Wales HRH The Duke of York HRH The Earl of Wessex Rt Hon Theresa May MP

  • Princes Philip and Harry Open Field of Remembrance

    Thursday, 10th November 2016

    His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales opened the Royal British Legion's 88th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th November 2016.

    Field of Remembrance

  • 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.

    Ralph Heimans

  • Queen and Duke of Edinburgh Attend VE Day Service

    Sunday, 10th May 2015

    Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service of Thanksgiving Marking the 70th Anniversary of Victory in Europe at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 10th May 2015.

    HRH The Duke of Kent VE Day

  • Adam Fox

    Poet and Priest/Minister

    The ashes of the Reverend Adam Fox, Canon of Westminster from 1942 and Sub-Dean from 1959-1963, are buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey.

  • Prince Harry Opens 86th Field of Remembrance

    Thursday, 6th November 2014

    His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales opened the Royal British Legion's 86th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 6th November 2014.

  • Theodore Price

    Priest/Minister

    Dr Theodore Price, prebendary and Sub-Dean of Westminster, died on 15th December 1631 (apparently as a Roman Catholic) and was buried in the south transept.

  • Queen Attends Commonwealth Day Observance

    Monday, 9th March 2015

    Her Majesty The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended an Observance for Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey on Monday 9th March 2015.

    HRH The Duke of Cambridge HRH The Duchess of Cambridge Commonwealth Service

  • 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

  • HM The Queen attends King James Bible Service

    Wednesday, 16th November 2011

    Her Majesty The Queen accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales attended a service of celebration, in association with the King James Bible Trust, to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 16th November at 12 noon.

    King James Bible

  • HRH The Prince of Wales records Easter Day reading

    Thursday, 9th April 2020

    His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has recorded a reading of the Gospel for Easter Day which will be broadcast by Westminster Abbey.

    Abbeycast Holy Week and Easter COVID-19

  • HM The Queen attends 2012 Commonwealth celebration

    Monday, 12th March 2012

    An Observance for Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey on Monday 12th March 2012 was attended by HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh with HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall and HRH The Countess of Wessex.

    HRH The Countess of Wessex

  • Prince of Wales Attends Memorial Service for Christchurch

    Monday, 28th March 2011

    His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales attended a Christchurch Earthquake Memorial Service at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 27th March 2011.

  • Her Majesty The Queen attends Commonwealth Observance

    Monday, 10th March 2014

    Her Majesty The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended an Observance for Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey on Monday 10th March 2014.

    HRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex Commonwealth

  • 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

  • Sir Oliver Lambert & family

    d.1618 Politician

    Sir Oliver Lambert or Lambart, politician, was buried in Westminster Abbey but the register just gives the location as "in the monuments".

  • Abbey welcomes HRH The Prince of Wales to Bath service

    Tuesday, 24th May 2022

    Abbey welcomes HRH The Prince of Wales to Bath service: HRH The Prince of Wales, Great Master of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, attended the Service and Ceremony of the.

    Order of the Bath

  • 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.

  • Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth II

    b.1960

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

  • 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.

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