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Over four months in 2006, a major cleaning and preservation operation was undertaken by the firm of Charles Taylor: this was the first thorough maintenance project in the Chapel's history. [19] The Thistle Chapel was temporarily closed to visitors from February 2015 after a number of valuable items were stolen.
The interior of the Thistle Chapel, looking west. Located at the south-east corner of St Giles', the Thistle Chapel is the chapel of the Order of the Thistle; it is accessed externally by the east door of the church and from the church itself by the south choir aisle. [357]
Thistle Chapel in St Giles Cathedral The fan faulted ceiling of the Thistle Chapel, by Joseph Hayes Pinnacles over the Knights' seating in the Thistle Chapel in St Giles Cathedral Thistle Chapel Ante-Chapel. Joseph Hayes (1869–1916) was a Scottish sculptor and art teacher. He is best known for the Thistle Chapel within St Giles Cathedral. His ...
It has played a part in many of Scotland's big moments from the death of the Queen to a Marvel movie.
Camilla was installed as a Royal Lady of the Thistle while Edward became a Royal Knight during a private ceremony staged in the cathedral’s Thistle chapel, but the audio was broadcast to the ...
When James VII created the modern order in 1687, he directed that the Abbey Church at the Palace of Holyroodhouse be converted to a Chapel for the Order of the Thistle, perhaps copying the idea from the Order of the Garter (whose chapel is located in Windsor Castle). James VII, however, was deposed by 1688; the Chapel, meanwhile, had been ...
He said: “St Giles’ houses the Thistle Chapel, home to Scotland’s highest chivalry order, The Order of the Thistle. “The Queen, as Sovereign of the Order, would be in attendance to install ...
List of Knights of the Thistle, St Giles' Cathedral The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle was founded in 1687. Dates shown are for election or installation.