#westminster abbey

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1947

Queen Elizabeth II on her wedding day, 1947

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Westminster Abbey, London

Feb. 2016

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The RAF Chapel at Westminster Abbey was unveiled in 1947 at a service attended by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. The royal guests are looking up at the magnificent stained glass window of the chapel.

The Chapel is dedicated to the men of the Royal Air Force who died in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

The exquisite stained glass window includes the badges of 70 squadrons who fought in the Battle, together with the furled flags of New Zealand, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Belgium, and the United States of America.

Left, the Chapel stained glass window. Right, detail of the Polish squadron badge.

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WESTMINSTER ABBEY - LONDON

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We celebrate the memory of this glorious event, 71 years ago today.

A lovely young Queen heralds the beginning of a new Elizabethan era.

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The Crown + Costumes

Princess Elizabeth's white wedding dress in Season 01, Episode 01.

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Photograph of the head of a censing angel on a spandrel in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, photographed early 20th century (photographer unknown)

V&A

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London, baby!

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Westminster Abbey, Westminster

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thinking about how someone left a white rose nearby henry vii and elizabeth of york’s tomb when i visited westminster abbey two months ago

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Westminster Abbey, London, 2023

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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrive for the first public engagement of her reign, a Maundy Service, on 10 April 1952 at Westminster Abbey, London.

📷: Paul Popper / Popperfoto via Getty Images

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Westminster Abbey - LONDON

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England's oldest door predates the rest of Westminster Abbey c.1060