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Westminster Abbey: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1647

Westminster Abbey: everything you wanted to know

David Carpenter answers listener questions on the history of Westminster Abbey, which has hosted royal coronations since the Middle Ages

HistoryExtra podcast · Immediate

April 29, 202346m 34s

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Show Notes

Westminster Abbey has hosted royal coronations since the medieval period, and the next monarch to be crowned there will be King Charles III. In our latest Everything You Want to Know episode, David Musgrove speaks to Professor David Carpenter (who grew up in the abbey) to answer listener questions on the lengthy history of this iconic building – from marvellous medieval acoustics to the destruction of its brightly coloured art.

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