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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 .
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947, and the first head of the Commonwealth ...
King Edward IV (d. 1483) Queen Elizabeth Woodville (d. 1492) Princess Louise, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, niece of Queen Adelaide (d.1832) 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)
Apr 14, 2021 · In all, two dozen members of the royal family are buried in the Royal Vault of St. George's Chapel at Windsor (pictured above). Three kings — George III, George IV, and William IV — were all interred in the Royal Vault, per the College of St. George.
May 13, 2021 · St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle has been in the spotlight with the committal service of Queen Elizabeth II (19 September 2022), the funeral of Prince Philip (17 April 2021) and the...
Sep 14, 2022 · King George was found dead in his bed at Sandringham House in Norfolk, England, on February 6, 1952, at the age of 56 — at which point his older daughter, Princess Elizabeth, immediately became...
