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• HRH The Princess Royal reads for St Peter’s Day podcast

  Monday, 29th June 2020

  Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has recorded a gospel reading for Abbeycast, the Abbey’s worship podcast series, which is released today for St Peter’s Day, Monday 29th June.

  HRH The Princess Royal Abbeycast COVID-19

• Prince William of Wales & Catherine

  Prince William is the eldest son of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales. He married Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in 2011.

• Princess Alexandra attends Whitehall Carol Service

  Thursday, 8th December 2011

  Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra attended the Whitehall Carol Service, held in conjunction with Christians in Government UK, at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 7th December 2011.

  Royal Visit HRH Princess Alexandra Whitehall Carol Service

• Royal wedding bouquet rests on Warrior’s grave

  Saturday, 13th October 2018

  Princess Eugenie has sent the bouquet she carried during her wedding ceremony to Westminster Abbey to rest on the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

  Princess Eugenie of York Royal Wedding

• Princess Alexandra Attends Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale

  Thursday, 12th May 2011

  Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, Patron, The Florence Nightingale Foundation, attended A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale on Wednesday 11th May 2011 at Westminster Abbey.

  Special Service Florence Nightingale

• Diana, Princess of Wales

  Diana, Princess of Wales was tragically killed in a car accident on 31st August 1997. Her funeral was held in Westminster Abbey on 6th September.

• The Princess Royal Attends Service for Sir Ernest Shackleton and his Men

  Friday, 20th May 2016

  Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, patron of the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence KCVO CB, attended a Centenary Service of Thanksgiving for the Courage and Endurance of the polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton CVO and his Men at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Friday 20th May 2016.

  Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence KCVO Sir Ernest Shackleton

• HRH Princess of Wales dedicates Abbey tree

  Tuesday, 20th December 2022

  Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales dedicated a tree in Dean’s Yard at Westminster Abbey to mark the memory of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

• Katherine Daughter of Henry III

  Princess Katherine, young daughter of King Henry III is buried in Westminster Abbey.

• Princess of Wales to host Abbey carol service

  Wednesday, 13th November 2024

  A photograph of HRH The Princess of Wales smiling as she arrives outside Westminster Abbey for a service

• John & Catherine Doughty

  Priest/Minister

  The Reverend John Doughty and wife Catherine are buried in the north ambulatory. His widow later married Henry Croone (buried in the Abbey cloister).

• HRH The Princess Royal to dedicate Armed Forces Memorial

  Friday, 17th October 2008

  HRH The Princess Royal will dedicate a memorial in the Abbey’s South Cloister later this month to commemorate all those in the British armed forces who have died in conflicts throughout the world since the Second World War.

  Armed Forces Memorial Memorial dedication

• Samuel and Catherine Strutt

  Samuel Strutt, for many years assistant clerk of the House of Lords, was buried in the east cloister with his first wife Catherine.

• Catherine Hyde & Elizabeth Cotes

  Catherine Hyde was buried in the nave on 28th February 1707. Elizabeth Cotes was her personal maid who was buried with her.

• Catherine, Lady Walpole

  Catherine, Lady Walpole, wife of Sir Robert Walpole, Viscount Walpole and Baron Houghton, has a marble memorial in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel.

• William and Catherine Gladstone

  Statesman

  In 1903 a statue to William Gladstone, Prime Minister, was unveiled. A gravestone, to William and his wife Catherine, was put in after Catherine’s death.

• Princess Amelia

  Amelia is one of several children of George II to be buried in a vault below an aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

• Katherine Knollys

  On the wall of St Edmund's chapel in Westminster Abbey is a coloured alabaster monument near the grave of Katherine, wife of Sir Francis Knollys.

• Katherine Bovey

  Philanthropist

  In the south aisle of the nave is a monument to Katherine Bovey, philanthropist. The white and coloured marble memorial shows a coat of arms.

• Catherine, Lady St John of Bletso

  Catherine, Lady St John of Bletso was buried in Westminster Abbey in March 1615. Her monument had originally shown her two children, Oliver and Anne.