A silk bag housed in Westminster Abbey was made from the same material as the burial shroud of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, researchers have found. The abbey has discovered that a ...

With a history which stretches all the way back to the 10th century, Westminster Abbey ... a place for the coronation and burial of monarchs. Since 1066, the abbey has been the setting for every ...

was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey on 16th August 1792 aged 65. He has no monument or inscribed gravestone. The Abbey burial book says he was: ...buried by the Reverend Mr Bennett ...

her burial arrangements have been revealed. After her coffin has traveled from Balmoral Castle in Scotland to London, Queen Elizabeth's funeral will be held at Westminster Abbey on Sept.

After education at Westminster School, where he was a King's Scholar ... His coffin lay in state in the Jerusalem Chamber in the Abbey prior to burial. Another brother Richard Stone married Mary ...

First stop will be Westminster Abbey for a religious service in front of a congregation of thousands, then on to Windsor Castle for a more intimate committal service followed by a private burial.