A royal tour of Westminster Abbey

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Uploaded by on Apr 22, 2011

Westminster Abbey, the church where Prince William and Kate Middleton are set to marry, has been at the heart of British history for more than a thousand years. Erica Hill takes a royal tour of the legendary cathedral.

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  • @blertdrax.....just looked it up and apparently the first church on the site lasted from the 620s to 1042, the second was finished in 1052 and construction of the third church began in 1245. So yeah, the oldest bits of the present building seem to be thirteenth century, but with many further alterations and additions over subsequent centuries.

  • @FloridaRaider: Well, not really, he said it was 'completed' in the 18th century (even that isn't strictly true, there were further modifications in the 19th and 20th centuries). But parts of it are much older. The abbey that we see today wasn't built all in one go, it's been steadily rebuilt and modified over the course of centuries.

    Not sure how high the ceiling are, but they're pretty high!

  • It's a beautiful Abbey!

  • Not all big churches are "Cathedrals".... Westminster Abbey is not a Cathedral, i.e, it is not the seat of a bishop.

  • from what i've seen of st pauls cathedral i think its even more beautiful than westminster abbey

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  • So that is actually the third church there and it's about 200 years old? How tall are the ceilings? Magnificent.

  • @NiteStarGirl what was that like?

  • Lovely video of Westminster Abbey

  • Westminster Abbey is a breathtaking cathedral. I visited it several times. Over here the whole show starts at 4 am on Friday morning. If I'm home I plan to watch it....even though I despise the fact that this skank who doesn't even come out of a fairly reputable family has her claws securely lodged into William. Diana's son could've done a lot better than this!

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