It was originally consecrated on 13th October 1269. The present wooden altar table, normally covered by an embroidered frontal, and reredos above it were designed by the Abbey Surveyor Sir George ...

Dimensions: 213 x 110 cms. The ancient sedilia (seats for the priests during Mass) to the south of the Abbey's High Altar were erected in the reign of Edward I, when Walter de Wenlok was Abbot of ...

Two Just Stop Oil protesters who spray-painted Charles Darwin's grave in Westminster Abbey have pleaded not guilty to criminal damage. The pair who defaced the historic grave insisted their ...

By contrast, however, Westminster’s new additions ... This star-shape is found in two medieval altar retables that survive at the abbey, those of St Faith and the former high altar. It also evokes the ...

A sacred Ethiopian tablet looted at the height of empire could be returned to Africa after being held for years in Westminster Abbey ... in limbo in the back of an altar or a room in the bowels ...

Westminster Abbey has served as the coronation church ... It was where the monks kept vestments, altar linens, and other sacred items used in the mass. Plans for the updated visitor entrance ...

What was claimed: A video shows Pakistan’s flag flying from Westminster Abbey during Holy Week. Our verdict: The clip shows the Pakistani flag being flown from the abbey on 22 March 2024, two days ...

Preparations have also been underway in the ballroom at Buckingham Palace, where a "coronation theater" was constructed to mimic the area below the High Altar at Westminster Abbey so those taking ...