A new building – to be named The King Charles III Sacristy in honour of HM The King – will be constructed to house state-of-the-art welcome, security and ticketing facilities, allowing the Abbey ...
On 15th February 2024 a memorial for Sir Ernest Shackleton CVO, sailor and polar explorer, was unveiled by The Princess Royal in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey. Around the rim are the names ...
In the north transept of Westminster Abbey is a black and white marble monument to William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle (1593-1676) and his wife Margaret (1623?-1673). This was erected in his lifetime ...
Edward was born in the precincts of Westminster Abbey on 2nd November 1470, while his father Edward IV was in exile and his mother Elizabeth (Woodville) was taking Sanctuary within the Abbey, under ...