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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 .
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The primary royal burial place had been Westminster Abbey. By the time of King George II ’s death in 1760, the royal burial vaults at Westminster Abbey were quite crowded. His successor, his grandson King George III, decided to build a new royal vault at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor.
Most Kings and Queens since George III have been buried at St George’s. Members of the Royal Family have also been interred in the Royal Vault, but more recently, it has been normal to bury them in the Royal Family’s Private Burial Ground at Frogmore in the grounds of Windsor Castle.
Sep 20, 2022 · Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, who was on the throne for 70 years, will be laid to rest at the King George VI memorial chapel at Windsor Castle. She will not be buried in the royal...
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)
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The state funeral of Queen Victoria took place on Saturday, 2 February 1901, in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle; it had been 64 years since the last burial of a monarch.
