There are thirteen kings, four queens regnant, eleven queens consort (those married to a king) and two other queens buried in the Abbey making a total of thirty. When St Edward’s chapel was full, ...

With a history which stretches all the way back to the 10th century, Westminster Abbey has stood through the lives of important people and world-changing events. But who is buried in in the floor ...

A video of London’s Westminster Abbey flying Pakistan’s flag in 2024 during its annual observance of a tradition dating back over 50 years has been shared online again with the false claim that it ...

A silk bag housed in Westminster Abbey was made from the same material as the burial shroud of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, researchers have found. The abbey has discovered that a ...

It can get a little dark, but it’s a fun mental exercise: what do you want done with your body after you pass?

Day before all London watched King Edward VIII follow the body of his father, George V to Westminster ... the 20th Century to be buried in the Poets’ Corner of the Abbey,* the pallbearers ...

Queen Elizabeth II was interred at St. George's Chapel, which is where several other royal family members were laid to rest Following Queen Elizabeth II's death on Sept. 8, 2022, the late monarch ...

Under the decree of the King of England, Westminster Abbey was designed to be not only a great monastery and place of worship, but also a place for the coronation and burial of monarchs. This church ...

Two Just Stop Oil protesters who spray-painted Charles Darwin's grave in Westminster Abbey have pleaded not guilty to criminal damage. The pair who defaced the historic grave insisted their ...

Westminster Abbey is a collegiate church governed by ... only a week before the Confessor's death and subsequent funeral and burial. It was the site of the last coronation prior to the Norman ...