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  • Westminster Abbey marks Agincourt Anniversary

    Thursday, 29th October 2015

    HRH The Duke of Kent and HRH Princess Michael of Kent attended a service to commemorate the 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 29th October 2015. The National Anthem was sung.

    Special Service Royal Visit HRH The Duke of Kent HRH Princess Michael of Kent Henry V Battle of Agincourt

  • HM The Queen visits Abbey's Sacristy project

    Thursday, 3rd October 2024

    Her Majesty The Queen visited Westminster Abbey on Thursday 3rd October to see the site of The King Charles III Sacristy where building work will begin early next year to transform the welcome the Abbey offers the millions of people who come from around the world to enjoy one of the world’s great churches.

    Sacristy

  • HM The Queen unveils Sacristy foundation stone

    Wednesday, 14th May 2025

    Her Majesty The Queen visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 14th May to unveil the foundation stone for The King Charles III Sacristy - a new building which is being constructed to transform the welcome the Abbey offers the millions of people who come from around the world to enjoy one of the world’s great churches.

  • Henry and Aubrey de Vere, Earls of Oxford

    Soldier

    Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, was Lord High Chamberlain of England and was buried in a vault in St John the Baptist's chapel.

  • The Birthday of His Majesty The King

    the bells of Westminster Abbey are rung from 1.00 pm

  • O King of the Nations [English]

    Discover the Great O Antiphons with Westminster Abbey, and take part in this Advent tradition.

  • Recordings

    The Abbey Choir enjoys a recording partnership with Hyperion. Its catalogue includes music for the great feasts, as well as Renaissance masterpieces and twentieth-century classics.

  • The King celebrates Commonwealth Day 2023 at the Abbey

    Monday, 13th March 2023

    Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort attended the annual Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey at 2.45pm on Monday 13th March - The King’s first as monarch.

    Commonwealth Service Commonwealth Day

  • Abbey hosts 12-hour overnight performance of Sixty-Six Books

    Monday, 24th October 2011

    Westminster Abbey was host to a performance of Sixty-Six Books on Friday 21st October in collaboration with the Bush Theatre.

    King James Bible

  • Her Majesty The Queen becomes Patron of Westminster Abbey's Sacristy project

    Tuesday, 18th June 2024

    HM The Queen has become Patron of a project to create a new building at Westminster Abbey – to be named The King Charles III Sacristy in honour of HM The King – which will transform the welcome offered to the millions of people who come from around the world to enjoy one of the world’s great churches.

  • A Service to commemorate the Founder of Her Majesty The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard

    Tuesday, 28th April 2009

    The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard commemorated the 500th anniversary of their founder, Henry VII, at Westminster Abbey on 28th April 2009.

  • Official Birthday of His Majesty The King

    the bells of Westminster Abbey will be rung from noon

  • St Edward the Confessor, king, 1066

    St Peter flag

  • Abbey hosts 6th Form Conference

    Monday, 3rd October 2011

    The Dean & Chapter of Westminster hosted, for the first time, a Sixth Form Conference attended by 130 students from six schools on Monday 26 September.

    Education Centre

  • ANZAC Day

    ANZAC Day is the anniversary of the landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey by allied forces on 25th April 1915.

  • 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.

    HRH Prince Henry of Wales Prince Harry Field of Remembrance

  • Prince Harry opens Field of Remembrance

    Thursday, 9th November 2017

    His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales opened the Royal British Legion's 89th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 9th November 2017.

  • Queens Consort of Westminster Abbey

    Ahead of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort on 6 May, we’ll be sharing stories from each of the 38 Coronation services held here since 1066.

  • The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries

    High above the Abbey floor, the Galleries in the beautiful 13th century triforium display our greatest treasures and tell the story of our thousand-year history.

  • A Service to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies

    A Service to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies took place at Westminster Abbey on 6th May 2009 at 11.00am.

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