The church features characteristics of classic ... The tradition of holding royal weddings at Westminster Abbey goes back 900 years to the marriage of Henry I and Princess Matilda of Scotland ...

The alleged victim, now in her 40s, told police officers last month that she was repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted by ...

Queen Elizabeth I, who succeeded her half-sister Mary I, founded the present Collegiate Church of St Peter Westminster (the formal title for the Abbey) in 1560. The Abbey is a Royal Peculiar ...

Multiple members of the Royal Family have gathered at Westminster Abbey for the annual Commonwealth Day Service. The subject ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales missed the Royal Family's traditional Easter Sunday church service and instead spent time ...

Neither a cathedral nor a parish church, Westminster Abbey (or the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster to give it its correct title) is a "Royal Peculiar" under the jurisdiction of a Dean and ...

The abbey – or to give it its full name, the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster – is a “royal peculiar”, which means it is exempt from any ecclesiastical jurisdiction other than ...

Prince William and Kate Middleton and their kids Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis did not attend the Royal ...

This medieval church, graced by many royal weddings and coronations, offers a magnificent peek at London's far-reaching history. Westminster Abbey is generally busy – and the staff keeps you ...

Remember when the whole world tuned into Will and Kate's big royal wedding in 2011? Well, that spectacular setting was Westminster Abbey, the storied London church where generations of monarchs ...