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Westminster Abbey

The Gothic church where Prince William and Kate Middleton plan to marry is a national shrine, the site of royal coronations since the 11 century and the final resting place for British heroes.

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Image: The Dean of Westminster Abbey, John Hall, walks through Westminster Abbey, in central

Westminster Abbey

Here comes the ... dean. The Dean of Westminster Abbey, John Hall, walks through Britain's most famous church, where Prince William married fiancée Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011 before a global audience that topped 2 billion people.

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Image: Westminster Abbey Rumoured To Be The First Choice For The Venue Of The Royal Wedding

Westminster Abbey is where William's grandparents, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, wed in 1947; it was also the site of his mother Princess Diana's funeral in 1997.

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Image: The Royal insignia is seen above the Great West Door entrance of Westminster Abbey in central London

The royal insignia is seen above the Great West Door entrance of Westminster Abbey in central London. Westminster Abbey is one of the finest examples of neo-Gothic architecture in the country and is of great historical and symbolic significance, as the location where sovereigns since the 11th century have been crowned, including Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, center left in orange, arrive to attend the ninth Inauguration of the General Synod at Westminster Abbey on Nov. 23. Royal officials said that Prince William and Kate Middleton chose the venue for its beauty, intimacy and historic royal connections.

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The April 29 royal wedding at the nearly 1,000-year-old Westminster Abbey is expected to cost around $40 million.

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Verger Ian Thompson cleans the Grave of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey on November 10. On Nov. 11, 1920, a coffin containing the body of an unidentified member of the armed forces from the First World War battlefields was buried here. The warrior represented all those lost on the battlefields who never returned home for burial.

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Image: A general view shows the High Altar in Westminster Abbey in central London

The High Altar in Westminster Abbey during the ceremony for the ninth Inauguration of the General Synod, attended by Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.

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An organist plays at Westminster Abbey during the General Synod on November 23.

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A view of Westminster Abbey showing the Lantern roof. Nearly every British king and queen since William I has been crowned here, and 18 are buried here.

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An actor dressed as Charles Darwin looks at the grave of Charles Darwin at Westminster Abbey; many prominent British subjects are buried at the abbey, including Isaac Newton and Geoffrey Chaucer.

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The Great West Door at Westminster Abbey, which became a popular venue for royal weddings when Princess Patricia of Connaught wed the Honourable Alexander Ramsay here in 1919.

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Image: Statues are seen above the Great West Door entrance of Westminster Abbey in central London

Statues above the Great West Door entrance of Westminster Abbey.

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In September, Pope Benedict XVI became the first pope to enter the nearly 1,000-year-old Westminster Abbey.

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Visitors walk near Alfred Lord Tennyson's gravestone in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.

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Prince William and Kate Middleton got married before approximately 1,900 guests at the abbey.

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