First light in London. At the top of Westminster Abbey’s northwest tower, Lee Robinson welcomes a new morning in a 1,000-year-old history by performing one of the building’s quieter rituals.

The Abbey service came on November 11, and, after the official ceremonies, led by George V, were over, hundreds of thousands of ordinary people of all ages, filed past. It was a seven-mile-long queue.

The memorial is known as the tomb of unknown warrior, rather than the unknown soldier, as it is meant to be a symbol of all three armed services. “It really didn’t matter who he was, his ...

The royal couple met the Dean of Westminster, David Hoyle, who showed Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako around the Abbey, where they bowed at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.

That’s quite a claim, it is what makes this day so special. Coming here, coming to the Abbey, you enter a house of memory, you stand in a long story, around you are memorials some of which you ...

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 ...

A memorial stone to Sir John Gielgud, one of the finest actors of the twentieth century, was dedicated in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 26th April 2022. The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr ...

Westminster Abbey’s tabot was looted at the battle of Maqdala (formerly Magdala) in 1868, when British troops attacked the forces of the Ethiopian emperor Tewodros.

The famous Abbey is the resting place for more than 3,500 people, including the tombs of Sir Issac Newton, Charles Dickens, Stephen Hawking, and 18 English, Scottish and British monarchs.