Westminster Abbey will reopen to visitors on Saturday after coronavirus forced its longest closure since the Queen's coronation nearly 70 years ago. Steeped in more than a thousand years of history, the gothic Abbey has been at the forefront of major royal ceremonies for generation after generation. The Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey, as it is to reopen to visitors on Saturday after its longest closure since the Queen's coronation nearly 70 years agoQueen Elizabeth II during her coronation at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953The Queen as Princess Elizabeth wed the Duke of Edinburgh in the historic surrounds, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge married there in 2011. The Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066, and the Queen's was the 38th. Ahead of Elizabeth II's ceremony in June 1953, the nave was closed from December 1 1952, and then the whole Abbey for five months from January 1 1953.

Source: Daily Mail July 07, 2020 19:40 UTC