London, England travel: Westminster Abbey

Video Title :	London, England travel: Westminster Abbey
Description :	London, England travel: Westminster Abbey. This is the traditional location for coronations and burials of English Monarchs. The official name is "The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster" but it is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey. They don't encourage photography so it's not the best video, but you can get the flavor of the place. More than a day trip from Thornbury Castle, and certainly worth the travel! (You can view this video, and other travel videos in full-size and near-DVD quality, travel stills and more at www.jpmeyer.com). Thornbury Castle is part of the von Essen Group of hotels, "a private collection of individual country house hotels in the UK, each with a distinctive style and character of its own" according to www.vonessenhotels.co.uk, but we think of it as Real People having Real Fun!
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Not sure what you mean by 'traditional' but all English and British monarchs have been crowned here since 1066 (with the exception of Edward V and Edward VIII). There is a reason for this: not only is Westminster the 'Seat of Power' for the UK but the Monarch also technically owns the Abbey - not the Church of England. And the last Royal burial here was George II in 1760: Royal burials now take place at St George's, Windsor Castle - another property owned by the Monarch!

Great video! My father and I were lucky enough to be locked in the Abbey at night by ourselves while he was practising for an organ recital.

LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would love to be locked in that church by myself with that beautiful instrument

that's so cool!

When my mom and I went to Westminster Abbey there were only 6 peolpe in front of us. We basically had the whole place to are selfs for hours. Its a beautiful Abbey.

You got really lucky! It must have been a very moving experience. We were swarmed with tourists, but it was still an incredible experience. Thanks for the nice comment!