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  • Princess Alexandra Attends Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale

    Thursday, 12th May 2011

    Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, Patron, The Florence Nightingale Foundation, attended A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale on Wednesday 11th May 2011 at Westminster Abbey.

    Royal Visit Special Service HRH Princess Alexandra Florence Nightingale

  • VE Day service - 80th anniversary

    Thursday, 8th May 2025

    A service to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day will be held at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th May 2025 at noon.

  • Judges mark the start of the new legal year 2024

    Tuesday, 1st October 2024

    Judges and members of the legal profession gathered in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 1st October 2024 for a service to mark the start of the legal year in England and Wales.

    Judges Service

  • Poets' Corner Honour for Elizabeth Gaskell

    Friday, 24th September 2010

    A memorial window panel in Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner to the Victorian novelist and biographer Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 – 1865) was dedicated on Saturday 25th September 2010.

    Elizabeth Gaskell Poets' Corner Memorial dedication

  • Lord Ashdown remembered

    Tuesday, 10th September 2019

    A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of the Rt Hon The Lord (Paddy) Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon was held at Westminster Abbey.

    Lord Ashdown memorial service

  • Her Majesty The Queen Attends ANZAC Centenary Service

    Saturday, 25th April 2015

    Her Majesty The Queen accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service in Westminster Abbey on Saturday 25th April in Commemoration and Thanksgiving to Mark the Centenary of the ANZAC Landings. The National Anthem was sung.

    HM The Queen HRH The Duke of Edinburgh ANZAC Day

  • Prince of Wales attends Service of Thanksgiving for the late Dame Joan Sutherland

    Tuesday, 15th February 2011

    His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales attended a Service of Thanksgiving for the late Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE (1926 - 2010) in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 15th February at 12 noon.

    HRH The Prince of Wales Dame Joan Sutherland

  • Queen and Duke of Edinburgh attend Synod Service

    Tuesday, 24th November 2015

    Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service of Holy Communion at the Inauguration of the Tenth General Synod of the Church of England at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 24th November 2015.

    General Synod

  • Abbey Welcomes Her Majesty The Queen to Bath Service

    Friday, 9th May 2014

    Her Majesty The Queen, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Great Master of the Order, attended the Service and Ceremony of the Installation of Knights Grand Cross of the Order in Henry VII’s Lady Chapel, Chapel of the Order, at Westminster Abbey on Friday 9th May 2014.

    Order of the Bath

  • Order of Service for Duke of Edinburgh Thanksgiving Service

    Tuesday, 29th March 2022

    Order of Service for Duke of Edinburgh Thanksgiving Service: The Order of Service has been published ahead of today’s Service of Thanksgiving for The Duke of Edinburgh.

  • Duchess of Gloucester attends a Service to Mark the 40th Anniversary of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act

    Wednesday, 30th March 2011

    Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester attended a Service at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 30th March 2011 to mark the 40th anniversary of the coming into effect of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act (1970).

    HRH The Duchess of Gloucester

  • 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.

    Prince Harry HRH Prince Henry of Wales

  • HM The Queen attends King James Bible Service

    Wednesday, 16th November 2011

    Her Majesty The Queen accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales attended a service of celebration, in association with the King James Bible Trust, to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 16th November at 12 noon.

    King James Bible

  • Happy ending for Brontë memorial in 85th anniversary year

    Thursday, 26th September 2024

    The Brontë memorial in Westminster Abbey has been amended to include the diaereses (dots) over the ‘e’ of the names of the literary sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne, which have been missing from the memorial since its installation 85 years ago, following an approach from journalist and Brontë historian Sharon Wright.

  • Prime Minister attends Abbey Nightingale service

    Wednesday, 12th May 2021

    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.

  • The King and Queen to attend VE Day 80 service

    Friday, 25th April 2025

    Their Majesties The King and Queen will attend a Service of Thanksgiving for the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) at the Abbey on Thursday 8th May at noon.

    VE Day Second World War

  • The Queen attends The Commonwealth Day Service

    Monday, 11th March 2019

    Her Majesty The Queen attended The Commonwealth Service: A Celebration of the Commonwealth at Westminster Abbey on Monday 11th March 2019.

    Commonwealth Service

  • The Prince of Wales attends service for Lady Mary Soames

    Wednesday, 19th November 2014

    Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended a Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of The Lady Soames LG DBE at Westminster on Thursday 20th November 2014 at Noon.

    Prince Charles Camilla Duchess of Cornwall Lady Mary Soames

  • Westminster Abbey to honour Sir John Gielgud

    Wednesday, 6th April 2022

    A memorial stone to Sir John Gielgud, one of the finest actors of the twentieth century, will be dedicated in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 26th April 2022.

  • Queen and Duke of Edinburgh Attend VE Day Service

    Sunday, 10th May 2015

    Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service of Thanksgiving Marking the 70th Anniversary of Victory in Europe at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 10th May 2015.

    HRH The Duchess of Cornwall HRH The Duke of York HRH The Earl of Wessex HRH The Duke of Kent

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