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Duke of Edinburgh attends Commonwealth Observance

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended an Observance for Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey on 11th March 2013.

Abbey Marks 60th Anniversary of National Churches Trust

Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attended a Service to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the National Churches Trust at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 28th November 2013.

Prince Harry Attends ANZAC Day Service

Monday, 25th April 2016

HRH Prince Henry of Wales attended a Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to mark ANZAC Day at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Monday 25th April 2016. The National Anthem was sung.

Special Service Royal Visit Prince Harry HRH Prince Henry of Wales ANZAC Day

Scouts and Guides celebrate at service

Monday, 7th November 2016

A National Scout and Guide Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Saturday 5th November 2016. The National Anthem was sung.

Choir Music Scouts and Guides

Metropolitan Police Commissioner reads for Trinity Sunday

Sunday, 7th June 2020

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, Dame Cressida Dick, is the guest reader for today’s edition of Abbeycast, the Abbey’s lockdown podcast.

Abbeycast COVID-19 Metropolitan Police

Abbey welcomes Lord Mayor of Westminster

Monday, 6th September 2021

Matins, attended in Civic State by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Jonathan Glanz, was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 5th September 2021.

Sarah, Duchess of Somerset

Philanthropist

In the chapel of St Michael is a monument to Sarah, Duchess of Somerset, philanthropist. This shows a reclining effigy of the Duchess.

Westminster Abbey discovers link with Charlemagne

A medieval silk seal bag dating from the reign of King Henry III has gone on public display for the first time in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey following the discovery by scholars that it is a perfect match to the silk cloth used to wrap the remains of the Emperor Charlemagne who is buried in Aachen Cathedral in Germany.

Thomas Seymour

At the south east end of St Margaret's is a large marble monument, possibly by sculptor Epiphanius Evesham, to Thomas Seymour and his wife Isabel.

Spring Family

In the west cloister of Westminster Abbey is a gravestone for various members of the Spring family. The inscription is faint in places.

William Levinz

In the north aisle of the nave is a memorial tablet to William Levinz, government official. He was buried on 26th August 1765.

Charles Abbott

Soldier

Captain Charles Abbott was buried in the nave in August 1793. His original gravestone was taken up when the nave floor was re-laid in 1834.

Aldam and John Frame

Gardener

Aldam and John Frame (Freame) held the post of gardener at Westminster Abbey and are buried in the south cloister.

George Slemaker

George Slemaker, porter and bell ringer at Westminster Abbey, is buried in the south cloister with his wife Susanna.

Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II

Princess Anne is the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. In 1973 she married Captain Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey.

Andrew Bisset

Soldier

Lt. General Andrew Bisset (or Bissett) was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey on 27th August 1742 aged 82.

Sir Hugh Vaughan

Sir Hugh Vaughan died on 28th August 1536 and was buried in the chapel of St Michael. He seems never to have had a monument.

Walter Mortimer

In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey, just inside the gates from the nave, is the grave of Walter Mortimer or Mortimore.

Douglessa and Ambrosia Gorges

Lady Douglas (or Douglessa) Gorges and her daughter Ambrosia were buried in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey but neither had any monument or gravestone.

Eleanor, Countess of Bar

Eleanor, Countess of Bar, daughter of Edward I and his queen Eleanor of Castile, was buried in Westminster Abbey but the location is unknown.