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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey
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Westminster Abbey

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Henry III began the present church on 6 July 1245, and 40 English and British monarchs have been crowned in it since 1066. In 1685 a workman put a scaffolding pole through Edward the Confessor's coffin while preparing for James II's coronation.

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