Westminster Abbey, London church that is the site of coronations and other ceremonies of national significance. It stands just west of the Houses of Parliament in the Greater London borough of Westminster. Situated on the grounds of a former Benedictine monastery, it was refounded as the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in Westminster by Queen Elizabeth I in 1560. In 1987 Westminster Abbey, St. Margaret’s Church, and the Houses of Parliament were collectively designated a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Legend relates that Saberht, the first Christian king of the East Saxons, founded a church on a small island in the
Bath and North East Somerset, unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Somerset, southwestern England lies southeast of the city of Bristol and encompasses the city of Bath (the main administrative centre), several small urban areas between Bath and Bristol
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II at 96, mourners are wondering which will be her final resting place. And, while estates like Buckingham and Kensington Palaces are better known, and Balmoral famously beloved by the queen, her final resting place will be at St. George s Chapel, in Windsor.
Pomp, circumstance and tradition will feature extensively in the formalities to be held in the following days as final preparations are made for the state funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II.