Bible In The News

During the coming week the news media will give considerable coverage to the Royal wedding that is planed for Friday, April 29th in Westminster Abbey, London. Just over a week ago we visited the scene in London where the event is to take place, if all goes well. So this is Paul Billington bringing you this week's edition of the Bible in the News, and offering some comments on the Royal event from a Bible point of view. As multitudes watch the spectacular proceedings in Westminster Abbey, few will be thinking about the fact that it will be taking place in what is essentially a 'house of the dead.' Some 3,000 people are buried in the Abbey, including many Kings, Queens, former Prime Ministers and notables. Here lies Elizabeth I, James I, Mary Queen of Scots, Charles II as well as others like composer Handel (known for his ' Messiah') and poet Chaucer, novelist Charles Dickens and so on. It really is a House of the Dead!