President of the United Arab Emirates visits Abbey

Wednesday, 1st May 2013

President of the United Arab Emirates visits Abbey

His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 1st May during a State Visit and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

He was taken by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, on a tour of the Abbey and signed the Distinguished Visitors Book. HRH The Duke of York was also present, and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior, in honour of the three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan this week.