Princess Diana and Electronic Voice Phenomena The Orthodox Times is the newspaper of record for the Greek Orthodox church and here their still from the Coronation shows his headwear. Was the hooded figure Archbishop Nikitas? If so, he was hooded, not with the cap seen in footage – and he was oddly separated from the rest of the congregation. Of course, it may not have been production staff talking at all. It included questions about the strange and patchy BBC sound, in particular.īBC viewers switched to ITV after the audio broadcast broke up and interference was heard from production staff. The Daily Mail (image above, on Twitter had easily the best social media coverage of this haunted Coronation. The Grim Reaper Ghost Interfering with BBC Transmission The BBC sound disruption at the Coronation confirms this was a spirit, as interference with television or radio signals is common when mediums are in contact with the other side. Yet, he looks quite different to any modern verger and is also clearly out of bounds, at the ceremony. Newsweek contacted Westminster Abbey about the so-called Grim Reaper after the Coronation scare and they claimed the figure was a verger.

Sound Disruption at the Haunted Charles III Coronation The haunted couple would later make history as George’s brother King Edward VIII abdicated (King but never King) to marry twive-divorced Wallis Simpson. Charles’ grandparents.įather Benedictus appeared on the eve of the wedding of the future King George VI to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923.

This extract from Underwood’s fascinating book about the British spirit world, reveals that our Grim Reaper was actually there when the Queen Mother married the future King George VI.

Known then as the Duchess of York, the Queen Mother’s marriage to the Duke of York (the future King George VI) was haunted by this dark figure, in front of witnesses, according to historian Underwood, who interviewed them for his book, in the 1960’s. In fact, it’s one of the best websites anywhere for a detailed look at British history (below).įather Benedictus Haunts Westminster Abbeyįather Benedictus appeared at the wedding of the late Queen Mother, too. The Westminster Abbey website is the best source for the history of this fascinating institution, for obvious reasons. Westminster Abbey’s own website shows its Benedictine monks and they are indeed wearing the robe and hood of the figure millions thought was The Grim Reaper during the Coronation. In 1934 a clairvoyant claimed he had named himself and died in the 1530’s. He was murdered by robbers at Westminster Abbey in 1303, writes Peter Underwood in Haunted London. This footage of Father Benedictus has now gone viral and can be seen on YouTube.Īccording to historian James Clark ( Haunted London), the ghostly Father Benedictus died during the reign of King Henry VIII after robbers met him while trying to take the treasures in the Chapel of the Pyx. He does not feature on the official Coronation stamp, but he certainly starred on television. This figure is actually a well-known ghost at Westminster Abbey, Father Benedictus. Thanks to Twitter, millions of us have now seen what looks like The Grim Reaper at the Coronation.

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