On 10th March 1863 she married at St George's Chapel, Windsor, Edward, Prince of Wales who later became King Edward VII. They were crowned together in the Abbey on 9th August 1902. The ceremony had to ...

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If I were to try to sum up Advent in one word, it would have to be ‘bracing’. The main themes of this short season could ...

Alexandrina Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (a son of George III) and his wife Princess Victoria. She was born at Kensington Palace on 24th May 1819 and succeeded to the ...

From the late 13th century onwards funeral effigies of monarchs and other royal persons were carried in a funeral procession on the coffin beneath a canopy. The effigy was generally close to the ...

Westminster Abbey owns many embroidered vestments, such as copes, and altar hangings for use during the church year. The Abbey has many embroidered vestments and altar hangings in its collection.

The bells of Westminster Abbey are much-loved, often heard ringing out across the city to mark church festivals and significant events in the life of the nation. In November 2021, we celebrate 50 ...

Charles I was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 2nd February 1626. Due to religious difficulties his wife was not crowned with him For the first time ever at a coronation the anthem "I was glad" was ...

Above the Abbey's Great West Door stand ten statues to modern martyrs - Christians who gave up their lives for their beliefs. The martyrs are drawn from every continent and many Christian ...

This was formerly displayed above the tomb of Anne of Cleves near the High Altar of the Abbey. It is a 15th century altarpiece on wood by Florentine artist Bicci di Lorenzo (1375-1452) and was ...

Westminster Abbey has very little medieval glass now remaining but there are good examples of glass from the 18th century to the present day. In the windows at the west end of the aisles of the nave ...