Westminster Abbey has steeped in more than a thousand years of history. The Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066 and is the final resting place of seventeen monarchs. You are also not allowed to take pictures inside...bummer.
A treasure house of paintings, stained glass, pavements, textiles and other artefacts, Westminster Abbey is also the place where some of the most significant people in the nation's history are buried or commemorated. Taken as a whole the tombs and memorials comprise the most significant single collection of monumental sculpture anywhere in the United Kingdom.
Royalty and famous people are laid to rest here. Upon entering, you are given a audio recorder and able to do a self your. Viewing the magnificent sculptures and tombs is a little over whelming when you note the many years of history surrounding the building. I even found the gravestone of a favorite childhood actor of mine, Laurence Oliver.
His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton were married at Westminster Abbey on Friday 29 April 2011. The Abbey has an entire room dedicated to the newly married couple.
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