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• Podcast

  Westminster Abbey's podcast is a mix of sermons, services and reflections, plus lectures on issues of faith, ethics and policy from the Westminster Abbey Institute.

• Buckingham Palace announces music for the Coronation

  Saturday, 18th February 2023

  Buckingham Palace has announced details of the music which will be performed at the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6th May.

  Music Coronations Coronation news

• 150th Anniversary of Peabody Celebrated

  Thursday, 29th March 2012

  A service to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Peabody and the work of its founder, George Peabody, was held at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 28th March 2012 at 11.00am.

  Special Service Peabody

• Special Coronation events announced

  Friday, 24th March 2023

  Barefoot tours of the Cosmati pavement headline special Coronation events: Visitors to Westminster Abbey this summer will be invited to walk in their socks on the Cosmati pavement, one of Britain’s greatest.

  Events

• Music

  Uncover the role and significance of traditional and commissioned music within coronations throughout history.

• Abbey staff honoured for Coronation roles

  Saturday, 30th December 2023

  Three members of the Abbey community have been honoured for their roles at the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and Queen on 6th May 2023.

  Coronation

• Make a donation

  A charitable trust has been established to assist in the Abbey's fundraising efforts – The Westminster Abbey Trust. You can make a donation to the Trust.

• Royal regalia

  Discover more about the objects presented to the monarch during the coronation service and find out what each one represents.

• Coronation Theatre on display from 8th-13th May

  Monday, 3rd April 2023

  Following the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort, visitors will be welcomed to the Abbey to see the Coronation Theatre.

• Her Majesty The Queen becomes Patron of Westminster Abbey's Sacristy project

  Tuesday, 18th June 2024

  HM The Queen has become Patron of a project to create a new building at Westminster Abbey – to be named The King Charles III Sacristy in honour of HM The King – which will transform the welcome offered to the millions of people who come from around the world to enjoy one of the world’s great churches.

• Abbey releases music for the Coronation Vivats 

  Sunday, 30th April 2023

  Westminster Abbey has today released the words and music of the Vivat acclamations which will be sung at the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen on Saturday 6th May.

• Mark Birch appointed Canon of Westminster and Chaplain to the Speaker

  Thursday, 26th September 2024

  The Reverend Mark Birch has been appointed by HM The King as a Canon of Westminster and by Sir Lindsay Hoyle as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons.

• George V

  Honouring the Unknown Warrior, a centenary after his burial in Westminster Abbey.

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

  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.

• Modern Martyrs

  Above the Abbey's Great West Door stand ten statues to modern martyrs - Christians who gave up their lives for their beliefs.

• Ordination and Consecration of Bishops Service held at Abbey

  The Reverend Canon John Holbrook, Rector of Wimborne Minster, was ordained and consecrated Bishop of Brixworth in the Diocese of Peterborough, and The Very Reverend Jonathan Meyrick, Dean of Exeter, was ordained and consecrated Bishop of Lynn in the Diocese of Norwich at a Eucharist at Westminster Abbey on Ascension day, 2nd June 2011.

• Battle of Britain Sunday 2009

  A Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication to mark Battle of Britain Sunday was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 20th September 2009.

• HRH The Duke of Gloucester and the Prime Minister Attend NVA Evensong

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester and the Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, and over 1000 members of The Normandy Veterans’ Association attended Evensong on Sunday 25 October at 3.00pm, marking the 65th anniversary of the Normandy Campaign.

• Duchess of Gloucester attends a Service to Mark the 40th Anniversary of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act

  Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester attended a Service at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 30th March 2011 to mark the 40th anniversary of the coming into effect of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act (1970).

• Battle of Britain Sunday Service held in Abbey

  A Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication to mark Battle of Britain Sunday was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 18th September 2011.