Royal funerals
Westminster Abbey has been linked to the monarchy since the 11th century, when Edward the Confessor re-built the church. It is where coronations, royal weddings, funerals and burials have taken place over the centuries.
King Edward was the first to be buried at the Abbey in January 1066. From then until 1760 thirteen kings of England including Henry V and Henry VII, four reigning queens including Elizabeth I, eleven queens consort (those married to kings) and two other queens, including Mary Queen of Scots, were buried in the Abbey. George II was the last monarch to be buried here. Since then royal burials have been at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle or in the nearby mausoleum at Frogmore.
Royal funerals at the Abbey in modern times have included Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 9th April 2002 and, Diana, Princess of Wales, 6th September 1997; and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Find out more about the history of royal funerals and burials at Westminster Abbey.
