The Dean of Westminster has sent his condolences to His Majesty The King and @theroyalfamily upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II, on behalf of all at Westminster Abbey.
As a royal church, Westminster Abbey had a special relationship with the Queen. Over the course of her life, she came here often for state occasions and national services, and some of the most important moments of her life took place here.
In 1937, the 11-year-old Princess Elizabeth watched her father, King George VI, being crowned at the Abbey. It was in the Abbey that she married Prince Philip, on 20th November 1947. Then on 2nd June 1953, her own coronation took place here.
Over the years there were many joyful occasions including very memorably, the marriage of her grandson, Prince William, to Catherine Middleton in April 2011. There were sombre times too as the nation grieved alongside her at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother in April 2002, and during national acts of remembrance including anniversaries for the First and Second World Wars.
Given her great affection for the Commonwealth, the Abbey’s annual Commonwealth Day service was a particularly important day in Queen Elizabeth’s calendar. She was Head of the Commonwealth for more than 70 years, succeeding her father upon her accession to the throne in 1952.
In 2018, Elizabeth II opened The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries, a new museum displaying the Abbey’s greatest treasures in the medieval triforium. In the same year, a stained-glass window by artist David Hockney was unveiled in the north transept to celebrate her reign.
The Queen’s last visit to the Abbey was in March, when she attended a Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of her husband of 73 years, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.
The Dean of Westminster’s full statement following the death of HM The Queen is on our website at: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-news/westminster-abbey-sends-condolences-to-his-majesty-the-king-on-the-death-of-queen-elizabeth-ii
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