The altar is dedicated to St Peter. 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 ...

It was really happening right here, on an altar full of candlelight ... It's impossible to go into Westminster Abbey without feeling the weight of history on every side. It seeps from every ...

Welcome to Westminster Abbey. Daily prayer has been offered in this place for over a thousand years, and your participation ...

A king or queen’s life-size effigy, dressed in coronation robes, was once carried in the funeral procession and placed with the coffin at the foot of the steps of the high altar. After the ...