The world watched in grief as the Queen made her final journey to the royal vault after the state funeral in Westminster Abbey last September, before Her Majesty’s coffin was taken to Windsor ...

This completed its long journey from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh, then from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall and Westminster Abbey ... lowered into the Royal Vault – the resting place ...

Westminster Abbey has been home to royal coronations since ... In fact, at nearly 102 feet tall, the Abbey has the highest Gothic vault in all of England. There are also obvious English influences ...

The Queen’s funeral was held at Westminster Abbey (PA Wire) The royal vault lies beneath St George’s Chapel in the Windsor grounds and has housed royals in their final place of rest since the ...

Queen Elizabeth I died aged 69 in 1603. Her remains lie in the same vault at Westminster Abbey as her half-sister, Queen Mary, who she succeeded onto the throne of England. The abbey has nearly ...

Sherlock, in Journal of British Studies 46, April 2007 Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey by A.P. Stanley, 3rd edition 1869 and later editions (describing the vault and coffin) Article about ...

members of the Royal Family were traditionally buried in London's Westminster Abbey. Can you visit the Royal Vault? No, visitors aren't allowed inside the Royal Vault at Windsor Castle.

However, most earlier kings and queens were interred in tombs and vaults at Westminster. Perhaps the most spectacular contribution to this tradition was the new chapel at the eastern end of the abbey, ...

Westminster Abbey was already ancient when New York was ... The 102-foot-tall Gothic vault is the highest in England. The 18th-century west window depicts the Hebrew patriarchs and the Twelve ...

Westminster Abbey now assumed an important role in making ... What Henry consequently created was a highly idiosyncratic hybrid of English and French Gothic design. The Abbey vault stands at 102ft ...

After the Westminster Abbey service, the Queen was buried at the King George VI Memorial Chapel during a private ceremony at 7.30pm. The Royal Vault was constructed between 1804 and 1810 under ...

most earlier kings and queens were interred in tombs and vaults at Westminster. Perhaps the most spectacular contribution to this tradition was the new chapel at the eastern end of the abbey ...