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Channel 4 to screen Time Team dig Sunday 18th April
Channel 4 kicks off the new series of Time Team on Sunday 18th April at 5.30pm with Westminster Abbey as the first show. Time Team visited the Abbey in September 2009 and dug up a section of North Green looking for evidence of Henry III’s sacristy.
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Members of The Royal Family attend Commonwealth Day service
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall led the congregation at the annual Commonwealth Day service in Westminster Abbey on Monday 14th March 2022.
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Spirit of Windrush celebrated at Westminster Abbey
The Queen was represented by the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London at a Service of Thanksgiving to mark the 70th anniversary of the landing of the Windrush today.
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Westminster Abbey marks Kristallnacht anniversary
A Service of Solemn Remembrance and Hope on the 80th Anniversary of Kristallnacht was held at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th November 2018.
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Abbey celebrates life of St Maximilian Kolbe
A service to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of St Maximilian Kolbe was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 13th January 2019.
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Westminster Abbey marks ANZAC Day
The Duke of Sussex, The Duke of Gloucester and The Duchess of Cambridge attended a Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to mark ANZAC Day.
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Prime Minister attends Abbey Nightingale service
The Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Boris Johnson MP, attended a service to commemorate the life of Florence Nightingale at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 12th May 2021.
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Her Majesty The Queen opens Jubilee Galleries
Her Majesty The Queen with His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited Westminster Abbey on 8th June to open The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries.
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Florence Nightingale honoured at Abbey
A Service to Celebrate the Life of Florence Nightingale in the centennial year of her death was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 12th May 2010.
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The Dalai Lama visits Westminster Abbey
The Dalai Lama visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 20th June 2012 for A Moment of Prayer and Reflection in the Nave.
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Metropolitan Police Service holds Abbey carol service
Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attended the Metropolitan Police Carol Service at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 19th December 2018.
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Abbey Marks Centenary of Police Women
A service of thanksgiving to mark the centenary of police women in the Metropolitan Police Service was held at Westminster Abbey on 17th May 2019.
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Judges service marks start of the 2019 legal year
The annual Judges Service was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 1st October 2019.
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Abbey hosts annual St Cecilia service
A service to Mark the Festival of St Cecilia was held at Westminster Abbey in conjunction with Help Musicians UK on Wednesday 20th November 2019.
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Tricia Hillas inaugurated as Speaker’s Chaplain
The Reverend Tricia Hillas was inaugurated as Chaplain to The Speaker of the House of Commons in a service in St Margaret's Church, Westminster today.
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Her Majesty The Queen attends the Commonwealth Service
Her Majesty The Queen led the congregation at the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on Monday 9th March 2020.
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Special Service remembers Armenian Martyrs of 1915
HRH The Prince of Wales, His Excellency Serzh Sargsyan, the President of the Republic of Armenia and His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, attended a Special Service to celebrate the lives of the newly-sainted Armenian Martyrs of 1915 at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 28th October 2015.
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Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Paul Scofield CH CBE
Paul Scofield (21st January 1922 – 19th March 2008) often described as the “greatest actor in the English speaking world” was remembered at a Thanksgiving Service at St Margaret’s Church on Thursday 19th March at 12 noon.
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Abbey celebrates 300th anniversary of Westminster Hospital
A service of thanksgiving to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Westminster Hospital was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Thursday 23rd May 2019.