Special services, concerts, lectures, events for families and more – there’s something for everyone at the Abbey. Many of our events are free and open to anyone. Our in-person events are held at ...

Anne married Henry VIII as his fourth wife at Greenwich on 6th January 1540 but the marriage was annulled in July of that year. So she was never crowned queen. He found she was not as attractive as ...

She ordered that her wax effigy, dressed in her coronet, robes and shoes worn at Queen Anne's coronation, be set up in Henry VII's chapel near the grave of Ludovic Stuart, cousin of James I, (d.1624) ...

Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, better known as the "Black Prince" because of the colour of his armour, was the eldest son of Edward III and his queen Philippa of Hainault. His small bronze ...

Richard, the 'Lionheart', was born on 8th September 1157 at Oxford, son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He joined the Third Crusade to the Holy Land but returned to England when he heard of his ...