According to its official website, Westminster Abbey has held every coronation of a British monarch since 1066 — as well as many royal weddings. It also serves as the final resting place of 30 ...

Where exactly in Westminster Abbey do coronations take place? Watch Vanessa Simeoni, Head Conservator, explain the space that becomes the coronation theatre in this short introduction. The striking ...

Because the stone is now kept in Scotland, it was transported to Westminster Abbey for the coronation. In addition to the Coronation Chair, several other ceremonial chairs of historical ...

Westminster Abbey, the setting for King Charles III’s coronation, has been paramount for Britain’s royal family for nearly a millennium. In the 1040s, King Edward the Confessor built a stone ...

were heard, trumpets blared and gun salutes rang out after the Archbishop of Canterbury placed the crown on Charles’s head at Westminster Abbey. The coronation comes almost eight months after ...

Eight months into his reign, King Charles III made it official with his coronation on Saturday. The weekend began with the traditional ceremony crowning the king and his wife, Queen Camilla, along ...

Kennedy. For anyone watching the coronation coverage from the very beginning, you’ll have seen the phalanx of European royals arriving at Westminster Abbey early this morning. One particular ...

The Dean of Westminster Abbey on the symbolism of the Queen's Coronation 60 years ago.The Dean of Westminster Abbey on the symbolism of the Queen's Coronation 60 years ago.

Under the decree of the King of England, Westminster Abbey was designed to be not only a great monastery and place of worship, but also a place for the coronation and burial of monarchs. This church ...

The King, wearing the Imperial State Crown, followed by the Queen, wearing Queen Mary’s Crown, emerges from the Shrine and joins the Coronation Procession out of Westminster Abbey as the National ...

In 1953 and at the age of 26, Princess Elizabeth was crowned Queen Elizabeth II, surrounded by 8,000 coronation guests. She became the fifth queen to be crowned in Westminster Abbey. While three ...

The coronation also will be broadcast live from Westminster Abbey - where the late Queen was herself crowned 70 years ago - on BBC1 and iPlayer.