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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.
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 .
On 6 February 1952, George VI, King of the United Kingdom, died at the age of 56, at Sandringham House, after a prolonged cancer. His state funeral took place on 15 February 1952. A period of national mourning commenced and his eldest daughter and successor, [a] Queen Elizabeth II, was proclaimed the new monarch by the Accession Council.
King George VI Memorial Chapel. burial place of King George VI of the United Kingdom and his immediate family, located in the St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, United Kingdom.
King George VI Memorial Chapel: King George VI (d.1952, buried in chapel 1969) Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (d.2002) Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d.2002) (ashes) HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) Queen Elizabeth II (d.2022) South Quire Aisle: King Henry VI (d.1471) King Edward VII (d.1910) Queen Alexandra (d.1925)
Sep 19, 2022 · The King George VI Memorial Chapel is located in Windsor and is a part of St George’s Chapel. It lies beneath the chapel within the Windsor Castle grounds and was commissioned by Queen...
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King George VI Memorial Chapel. English: The King George VI Memorial Chapel, part of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, commissioned by Queen Elizabeth II in 1962 as a burial place for her father, King George VI, and was completed in 1969.
