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• Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu from South Africa, and The Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr

  Sunday, 7th March 2004

  Archbishop Tutu and Dr Carr are standing in the Nave of Westminster Abbey, by the Grave of the Unknown Warrior after Archbishop Tutu had preached on Sunday 7 March 2004.

  Archbishop Desmond Tutu

• Robert South

  Priest/Minister and Philanthropist

  Robert South, prebendary of Westminster, is buried in the lantern area, just before the steps up to the Cosmati pavement and next to Richard Busby.

• President of South Korea visits Abbey

  Tuesday, 5th November 2013

  Her Excellency Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea, visited Westminster Abbey and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior on Tuesday 5th November 2013.

  State Visit

• Abbey pays tribute to Nelson Mandela

  Thursday, 5th December 2013

  The Dean and Chapter of Westminster has sent a message of condolence to the High Commissioner for South Africa on the death of the country’s former President Nelson Mandela.

  Nelson Mandela

• Nelson Mandela honoured with memorial stone

  Wednesday, 18th July 2018

  A memorial stone to Nelson Mandela was dedicated in Westminster Abbey on 18th July 2018, the birth centenary of the former President of South Africa.

  Memorial dedication

• Abbey Honours the Life and Work of Nelson Mandela

  Monday, 3rd March 2014

  His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales represented Her Majesty The Queen at a Service to Celebrate the Life and Work of Nelson Mandela, former President of the Republic of South Africa, at Westminster Abbey on Monday 3rd March 2014.

  Special Service Royal Visit HRH Prince Henry of Wales

• Abbey prays for Nelson Mandela

  Wednesday, 26th June 2013

  Prayers for the former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela are being included in daily Eucharists at Westminster Abbey.

• Seminar: Speaking of Human Flourishing - salvation, happiness, rhetoric

  Thursday, 17th October 2024

  Join us for the first of this term’s online seminar talks with Nadia Marais, a Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, an ordained minister in the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa.

• 'The history of England'

  Memorials in the Abbey's south transept

• Memorial to Chadwick brothers dedicated

  Friday, 2nd February 2018

  A memorial to two brothers, both priests and distinguished academics, Owen Chadwick OM KBE and Henry Chadwick KBE, was dedicated in the South Quire Aisle of Westminster Abbey on Thursday 1st February 2018.

• HRH The Princess Royal to dedicate Armed Forces Memorial

  Friday, 17th October 2008

  HRH The Princess Royal will dedicate a memorial in the Abbey’s South Cloister later this month to commemorate all those in the British armed forces who have died in conflicts throughout the world since the Second World War.

  Armed Forces Memorial

• President of the Republic of Korea visits the Abbey

  The President of the Republic of Korea, HE Yoon Suk Yeol visited the Abbey on Tuesday 21st November as part of his State Visit to His Majesty The King.

• In the heart of the city

  A reflection for Holy Week by the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster

• Cecil Rhodes

  In Henry VII's chapel is a small tablet in memory of Cecil Rhodes. This was given by officials and businessmen from Southern Rhodesia in 1953.

• Preserving the Sedilia

  Saturday, 5th January 2008

  Conservation work to has begun stabilise the fragile structure of the 14th century Sedilia, one of Westminster Abbey’s greatest treasures, begins on Tuesday 8th January.

  Sedilia conservation

• VE Day

  On 8th May 1945, Winston Churchill announced that the Second World War in Europe at an end. This was VE Day or Victory in Europe Day.

• Battle of Britain 80th

  The Battle of Britain – a 112-day fight for control of Britain’s skies – was the first decisive battle in history fought entirely in the air.

• Queen's Westminsters regiment

  Soldier

  A plaque to several members of the Queen's Westminster Volunteers who died in the Boer war is in the north cloister. A roll of honour for the Queen's Westminsters regiment is in the nave.

• Anthony Ball appointed Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome

  Monday, 11th November 2024

  A photograph of Bishop Anthony Ball wearing a black shirt and jacket and a clerical collar.

• Archbishop Tutu features at Ascension Eucharist

  Friday, 14th May 2010

  The Most Reverend Dr Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town and former Primate of Southern Africa and Metropolitan, preached at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 13th May 2010 during Sung Eucharist to Celebrate the Ascension of Our Lord.

  Ascension