The Royal Maundy Service

Access to the Royal Maundy Service was by invitation only. 154 people – 77 men and 77 woman – were nominated, largely from across Wales, to receive Maundy Money from His Majesty, The King. Those people were able to bring a guest to share in the occasion. In addition, St Asaph Cathedral invited its own guests to join the service.

The service featured specially commissioned music by Welsh composers and musicians, celebrating the return of the Royal Maundy to Wales. This was only the second Maundy service ever to take place in Wales. The first service took place in St David’s Cathedral in 1982.

The service included the use of the processional Cross of Wales, a gift from His Majesty The King to the Christians of Wales. The Cross, which headed the Procession at Westminster Abbey for his Coronation in 2023, contains a fragment of the True Cross, a gift to The King from His Holiness Pope Francis and believed to be part of the cross on which Jesus was crucified.

You can see a selection of photographs from the service below.