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The King George VI Memorial Chapel is part of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England. The chapel was commissioned by Elizabeth II in 1962 as a burial place for her father, George VI, and was completed in 1969.
- Death and state funeral of George VI - Wikipedia
The body of George VI was moved from the Royal Vault on 26...
- Death and state funeral of George VI - Wikipedia
The body of George VI was moved from the Royal Vault on 26 March 1969 and reinterred in the newly-built King George VI Memorial Chapel. His daughter, Princess Margaret, died on 9 February 2002 and, in accordance with her wishes, a private funeral was held at St George's Chapel.
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch), and the Chapel of the Order of the Garter .
Sep 18, 2022 · King George VI died at Sandringham on February 6, 1952, at the age of 56. Then-Princess Elizabeth had been in Kenya on royal tour, but quickly returned to the UK to join her family.
The funerals of King George VI, Queen Mary, and Princess Margaret took place in the chapel and they were laid to rest inside St George’s Chapel. The funeral of Princess Andrew of Greece took place in the chapel in 1969.
Sep 17, 2022 · The chapel — inside the walls of the castle — has been the burial place for almost every British monarch since King George III's death in 1820. Specifically, the Queen will be buried in the ...
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Sep 19, 2022 · Who is buried in the Royal Vault? The chapel itself contains several separate burial places, such as the Royal Vault, the Altar, and the Albert Memorial Chapel. The Vault was constructed...
