The Queen has unveiled the foundation stone for a major new project at Westminster Abbey, a place she described as “very special”. Camilla returned to the site of the King Charles III Sacristy ...

At the end of the service, the bells of the Abbey were fired 80 times: that is to say, all sounded simultaneously, a powerful effect reserved for great celebrations. Before departing, the King and ...

King Charles entered the Westminster Abbey to the tune of popular Bollywood song Dhoom Machale during the Commonwealth Day Service earlier this month. Videos of the event have since gone viral ...

Westminster Abbey is undertaking a new project using the latest 3D technology to scan the funeral effigy head of Henry VII - the first Tudor monarch and the father of Henry VIII. The head was last ...

Westminster Abbey has today joined landmarks around the UK in marking Holocaust Memorial Day. The Abbey's nave was lit in purple in support of Light the Darkness – a national moment to remember the ...

Police led two women away from Westminster Abbey after the grave of Charles Darwin, in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey, central London, was spray painted with '1.5 is dead'.

Archaeology & History Westminster Abbey Reveals Surprising Connection to First Holy Roman Emperor A Medieval silk bag that once held Henry III's seal has connections to Charlemagne's burial shroud.

The Westminster Abbey plaque itself is made from Huddlestone, a cream-colored stone quarried in Yorkshire, the area of northern England where the sisters lived and wrote the books that would ...

London’s Westminster Abbey flew Pakistan’s flag on March 22 to observe a tradition that dates back more than 50 years and is unrelated to Easter, an Abbey spokesperson told Reuters, responding ...

Royals give peek inside Westminster Abbey ahead of King Charles’ coronation By Erin Keller Published May 5, 2023, 10:13 p.m. ET ...

Westminster Abbey has the highest Gothic vault in England, spanning 102 feet. According to westminster-abbey.org, the ceiling was made to seem higher by making the aisles narrow.