The city of Westminster is made up of dozens of villages. Minster means monastery and this was the western monastery which has now resulted in Westminster Abbey. It became the Royal church and the coronation church to crown Kings and Queens. The Jewels from the Tower of London haven't been out since 1953, when Elizabeth was crowned here.
Charles Dickens, Geoffrey Chaucer, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin are all buried here. It's where Diana's funeral was held and where Kate and William were married.
Compared to St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey is far more typical of the churches in Europe, having been built over centuries starting in the 13th and added on to each century. It is a high Anglican Church headed by the Dean of Westminster. There is a choir school right next to the abbey.
Time for more pictures!
Time for...of course...more walking! From here we took a leisurely stroll along the Thames through the Whitehall Gardens (lining the building full of government offices). We stopped to see some beautiful flowers in bloom before continuing on to dinner in the Covent Garden area.
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