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Siwsan

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6. I've made many visits to Westminster Abbey, and seen the urn

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 06:33 PM

Feb 2013

It's a sad, sad sight but it is in a beautiful chapel. It's my favorite part of the entire Abbey. If you can be there at a quiet time, it's a great place to just sit and, in my case, be entralled by the history and the people who made it.

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