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• Your questions answered

  Planning to visit the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries? Please make sure you read the following information and tips before your experience.

• Abbey welcomes Albanian Prime Minister

  Tuesday, 25th February 2014

  His Excellency Edi Rama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, visited Westminster Abbey and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior on Tuesday 25th February 2014.

  State Visit

• President of Italy visits Abbey

  Friday, 29th May 2015

  The President of the Italian Republic, His Excellency Sergio Mattarella, visited Westminster Abbey today and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

  President of Italy

• President of Ukraine visits Abbey

  Wednesday, 19th April 2017

  The President of Ukraine, His Excellency Petro Poroshenko, visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 19th April and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

  Governmental Visit

• Costs and Eligibility

  Explore 1,000 years of mystery and history in your classroom with Westminster Abbey’s after school clubs. Available to primary schools in the SW1 and SE1 postcode districts.

• Amir of Qatar visits Westminster Abbey

  Tuesday, 3rd December 2024

  The Amir of the State of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, accompanied by Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani, visited Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 3rd December.

  Emir of Qatar

• Singapore State Visit

  Tuesday, 21st October 2014

  His Excellency Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, President of the Republic of Singapore, accompanied by his wife Mrs Mary Tan, visited Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 21st October 2014 during a State Visit and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

• The Abbey welcomes The World Reimagined globes

  Thursday, 11th August 2022

  The Abbey welcomed forty-two giant globes to Dean’s Yard today ahead of the launch of the UK’s largest public art trail by The World Reimagined.

• Beyond Victory: Drawing Workshop

  Wednesday, 18th June 2025

  Artist reporter George Butler leads a drawing workshop in St Catherine’s Garden, part of the Abbey which sustained significant damage in the Second World War.

  Events Beyond Victory

• Summer: Evenings at the Abbey

  Wednesday, 16th July 2025

  Spend a summer evening exploring the Abbey after hours and unwind with live music outside.

  Summer at the Abbey

• Robert & Olave Baden-Powell

  Soldier

  In the nave, against the screen of St George’s chapel, is a memorial stone to Lord and Lady Baden-Powell. Both are buried in Kenya.

• The President of Israel visits Westminster Abbey

  Wednesday, 19th November 2008

  The President of Israel, H.E. Mr Shimon Peres, visited the Abbey on Wednesday 19th November and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

• President of Mexico lays wreath at Abbey

  Monday, 30th March 2009

  The President of Mexico, HE Felipe Calderon and his wife Margarita Zavala, visited Westminster Abbey on Monday 30th March 2009.

• President of Afghanistan visits Abbey

  Wednesday, 30th October 2013

  His Excellency Hamid Karzai GCMG, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, visited Westminster Abbey and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior on Wednesday 30th October 2013.

• 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.

• President of France lays wreath at Grave of the Unknown Warrior

  The President of France, M. Nicholas Sarkozy, and Mme. Sarkozy visited the Abbey on 26th March to lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior during their state visit to the UK.

• King and Queen of the Netherlands visit Abbey

  The King and Queen of the Netherlands visited Westminster Abbey on 23rd October as part of Their Majesties’ State Visit to Her Majesty The Queen.

• The Obamas Visit Westminster Abbey

  The President of the United States of America, Mr Barack Obama, laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 24 May 2011, the first day of his State Visit to Her Majesty The Queen.

• Visit of HE The President of Slovenia

  The President of Slovenia, His Excellency Borut Pahor visited the Abbey on Thursday 28th February 2019 as part of a Governmental visit to the UK.

• President Trump visits Westminster Abbey

  President Donald J. Trump visited Westminster Abbey on Monday 3rd June on the first day of his State Visit to Her Majesty The Queen.