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• Later monarchs

  Find out about the many elaborate royal funerals have taken place in Westminster Abbey prior to burial here.

• Abbey Sub-Organist honoured with Royal Academy of Music Fellowship

  Wednesday, 24th April 2024

  Westminster Abbey's Sub-Organist, Peter Holder, has been honoured by the Royal Academy of Music for his outstanding contribution to church music.

  Music

• Kindness and empathy celebrated at royal carol service

  The selfless efforts of people who support, counsel and comfort those in need were celebrated at the Together at Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey on Friday 6th December. 

• Sailors pay tribute to great admiral

  Tuesday, 16th October 2007

  Sailors marked the 300th anniversary of the death of the Royal Navy hero Sir Cloudesley Shovell with a wreathlaying ceremony conducted by Canon Nicholas Sagovsky at Admiral Shovell’s grave in the Abbey’s south choir aisle this week.

  Sir Cloudesley Shovell Wreathlaying

• Abbey welcomes The Children’s Society to annual Christingle service

  Wednesday, 28th November 2007

  The Dean and Chapter of Westminster warmly welcomed The Children’s Society to its annual Christingle service on Wednesday 28th November.

  Christingle The Children's Society Special Service

• New Year's Honours

  Tuesday, 4th January 2011

  Peter Bottomley MP, the Parliamentary Warden of St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, was knighted in the New Year’s Honours List.

  St Margaret's Church

• Duke of Edinburgh opens 83rd Royal British Legion Field of Remembrance at Abbey

  Thursday, 10th November 2011

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh opened the 83rd Royal British Legion’s Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th November 2011.

  HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Field of Remembrance Royal Visit

• 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.

• Abbey Congratulates Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

  Friday, 5th July 2013

  The Dean & Chapter of Westminster congratulates the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their son.

  HRH The Duke of Cambridge HRH The Duchess of Cambridge bell ringing

• The Duke of Sussex opens the 90th Field of Remembrance

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex opened the Royal British Legion's 90th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th November 2018.

• Parliamentarians Mark First World War Centenary

  Members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons and their staff attended a Service to Commemorate the Centenary of the First World War at Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day Tuesday 11th November 2014 at 10.30 am.

• Princes Philip and Harry Open Field of Remembrance

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales opened the Royal British Legion's 88th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th November 2016.

• The Duke of York attends ANZAC Day service

  His Royal Highness The Duke of York attended a Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to mark ANZAC Day at Westminster Abbey.

• Abbey dedicates memorial to C S Lewis

  A Service to Dedicate a Memorial to C S Lewis, writer, scholar and apologist, was held at Westminster Abbey on Friday 22nd November 2013.

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  Explore a place that's touched the lives of kings, queens, and statesmen, poets, heroes and villains. Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066.