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Pages in category "Burials at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, 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.
1928 Prince Harald of Schleswig-Holstein (1876–1876), son of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom. Interred in the Royal Vault at St George's Chapel until transferred to the Royal Burial Ground in late October 1928. His coffin is in the same grave as that of his mother. 1928 Prince Francis of Teck (1870–1910), brother of Queen Mary.
The British royal family has said it will not return the body of Ethiopia's Prince Alemayehu, captured by British troops, in the latest high-profile feud over the legacy of its brutal colonial past.
The Royal Vault at Windsor was created between 1804 and 1810 for George III, who died in 1820 and is one of three kings buried there. Also interred in the vault are George IV and William IV.
The story of Alemayehu's life is told in the radio play I was a Stranger, by Peter Spafford, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004. [11] The role of Alemayehu was played by Chiwetel Ejiofor. [12] The story of Alemayehu's life is also told in the book The Prince Who Walked with Lions by Elizabeth Laird (ISBN 978-0230752436) in March ...
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry returned to the site of their 2018 royal wedding for the committal service at St. George's Chapel.. Queen Elizabeth II's coffin arrived at Windsor Castle from London ...
The chapel was commissioned by Elizabeth II in 1962 as a burial place for her father, George VI and for herself after her death in 2022, it was completed in 1969. It contains the final resting places of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the ashes of Princess Margaret.