LONDON - The late Queen Elizabeth II will be memorialized during a state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London, where she’ll join the ranks of British monarchs and other significant figures in ...

(The Conversation) — A scholar of British history explains how the ornate church and its significance to the monarchy have changed over centuries. (The Conversation) — The royal funeral for Queen ...

Confirmed as the wedding venue for Prince William and Kate Middleton, Westminster Abbey has also seen no fewer than 38 kings and queens crowned there in an unbroken run since 1066 Contact us at ...

The Abbey is a place that's touched the lives of kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers, poets, priests, heroes and villains since 960AD. Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066 and ...

Dr Mary Boyle explores the relics and their pilgrims at the Shrine of St Edward. 3 minute read St Erasmus, it is said, met a particularly unpleasant end: his abdomen was slit open and his intestines ...

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Despite their emphasis upon tradition, royal ceremonies have always been somewhat fluid and reflective of the politics of their day The royal funeral for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on ...

FILE - Close up of the ornamental sculpted frieze above Western Entrance to Westminster Abbey in London. (Photo by Pawel Libera/LightRocket via Getty Images) The coffin of the 96-year-old monarch, who ...

Paul Hammer has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The royal funeral for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19, 2022, was a public ceremony on a truly ...