Westminster Hall and Abbey

So we have a slightly better view here of Westminster Hall as part of the old Palace of Westminster, the original seat of government and the Lord Court in England, in medieval and Tudor England. Anne would have made her way from that hall towards the old Westminster Abbey and I'll try and cross the street without getting run over. So we're pretty much walking, I suspect, in her footsteps, the Grand Procession led by the Duke of Suffolk, who was the Lord Steward, I should say, I think it's a term he was given for being in charge of the Coronation Procession that day, dressed in a gown of, I believe it was purple velvet, trimmed with ermine, her hair down, a call or a cap of pearls and jewels over her head and of course a huge procession of Lords and Ladies heading towards the great Abbey of Westminster. So I shall just take you on this little journey as much as I can, weaving my way in and out of the multitude of tourists. August in London is not particularly quiet time, as you can imagine, and to give you the first, oh my goodness, look at that queue to get in the Abbey, dear me, the first view of the Abbey. Anne, I suspect, would have gone in the main door, which is not that door, which is round the other side, which any of you who watch the Royal Wedding, you will have seen the main entrance to the Abbey, and we'll capture that later, but what I'm going to do is go and join that enormous queue. Wish me luck!