Reflects on recent Royal services at Westminster Abbey as a model of “Royal service”. In Her Majesty's diamond jubilee year, the author recalls the coronation, and special commemorations attended by The Queen in Westminster Abbey in recent years, including the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The Dean of Westminster reflects on recent Royal services at Westminster Abbey as a model of Royal service. The Queen, when she was 21, declared that her whole life whether it was long or short would be devoted to service. At the coronation, she was set apart for service after the example of Jesus Christ. In Her Majesty's diamond jubilee year, the Dean of Westminster recalls the coronation, and special commemorations attended by The Queen in Westminster Abbey in recent years, including the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (which reached a television audience of 2.2 billion people). He offers an insight into some very special occasions - not all widely known - and reflects on a pattern of leadership as devoted service.

John Hall has been Dean of Westminster since 2006. He chairs the governors of Westminster School and is a Pro Chancellor of Roehampton University. He was a teacher before ordination and later served as the Church of England's Chief Education Officer.