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  • Sermon given at the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

    Monday, 19th September 2022

    Sermon given at the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: The pattern for many leaders is to be exalted in life and forgotten after death.

    pray especially for all her family, grieving as every family at a funeral - including so many families round the world who have themselves lost someone recently...

    State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

  • Funeral and wax effigies

    Find out about the funeral effigies at the Abbey.

    of the effigies  From the late 13th century onwards funeral effigies of monarchs and other royal persons were carried in a funeral procession on the coffin...

    Royalty

  • Royal funeral assembly for primary

  • Royal funeral assembly for secondary

  • Address given at the Funeral of Dame Beulah Bewley

    Tuesday, 13th February 2018

    Address given by The Reverend Ralph Godsall, Priest Vicar.

    Dame Beulah Bewley

  • Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022

    Sunday, 25th September 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Honest and the knowledge that a different sort of community exists in God and can be ours. I have.

    Not very surprisingly, I have been asked over and over again about my impressions of the State Funeral on Monday.

  • Abbey staff honoured for role in The Late Queen’s funeral

    Monday, 27th March 2023

    Three members of the Abbey staff have been honoured for their role in the funeral of The Late Queen last September.

    ...a Minor Canon at Westminster Abbey since January 2015 and was responsible for drafting the Order of Service and leading on the ceremonial aspects of the

  • The Funeral of Tony Benn

    Wednesday, 26th March 2014

    The funeral of Labour former Cabinet minister Tony Benn took place at St Margaret’s Church Westminster Abbey on Thursday 27th March 2014.

    Tony Benn funeral

  • The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II

    Monday, 19th September 2022

    The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II: The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II was held at Westminster Abbey at 11:00am on Monday 19th September 2022. Before the service, the.

    ...during the Procession of the Coffin The music Among the music chosen for the State Funeral were the hymns The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended, arranged for...

    Special Service HM The Queen

  • Funeral

    the bells of St Margaret's Church will be rung at about 11.30 am following a funeral

  • Funeral benefactor

    When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.

  • The Queen’s funeral to be held at Westminster Abbey

    Saturday, 10th September 2022

    Buckingham Palace has announced that the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will be held at Westminster Abbey at 11am on Monday 19th September.

    The last funeral of a monarch to be held at the Abbey was that of King George II in 1760.

  • Funeral procession

    In a chapel at the heart of Westminster Abbey is the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, king and saint.

  • Order of Service for the State Funeral published

    Sunday, 18th September 2022

    Buckingham Palace this evening published the Order of Service for the State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II, which will be held in Westminster Abbey tomorrow (Monday 19th September 2022).

    Download the Order of Service Order of Service for The State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (PDF, 1.26MB)

  • Uma breve História da Abadia de Westminster

    A Abadia de Westminster é a igreja de coroação desde 1066, aquando da coroação de Guilherme, o Conquistador. Também foi palco de inúmeros casamentos e funerais reais, assim como de celebrações e comemorações nacionais.

    a primeira coroação transmitida por televisão 1997 – Funeral de Diana, Princesa de Gales 2002 – Funeral de Isabel, a Rainha Mãe 2011 - Casamento do Príncipe Guilherme...

  • Una breve historia de la Abadía de Westminster

    Desde la coronación de Guillermo el Conquistador en 1066, la Abadía ha sido la iglesia de la Coronación. En ella también se han celebrado numerosas bodas y funerales reales, así como celebraciones nacionales y actos conmemorativos.

    La primera coronación televisada 1997: Se celebra el funeral de Diana, princesa de Gales 2002: Se celebra el funeral de la reina Isabel, la Reina Madre 2011: El...

  • Vaughan Williams, Tavener & MacMillan: Choral works

    From established works by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Sir John Tavener to premiere recordings of recent commissions by Sir James MacMillan, this new release brings together iconic pieces with strong musical and historical ties to the Abbey.

    ...MacMillan’s transcendent anthem Who shall separate us?, recorded shortly after the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for which it was specially

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 2016

    Sunday, 25th September 2016

    Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

    In the largest of these, I often conducted three funerals a week, overwhelmingly in a local crematorium.

  • Former prime ministers attend funeral of Jack Dromey MP

    Monday, 31st January 2022

    Former prime ministers attend funeral of Jack Dromey MP: The funeral of the Jack Dromey MP was held at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, on Monday 31st January. The Labour MP for.

    The funeral service was attended by two former prime ministers, the Right Honourable Sir Tony Blair and the Right Honourable Gordon Brown.

  • The funeral of the Right Honourable Jeremy Thorpe

    Wednesday, 17th December 2014

    The funeral of the former Leader of the Liberal Party, the Right Honourable Jeremy Thorpe, took place at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, on Wednesday 17th December 2014.

    Jeremy Thorpe

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