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Queen Victoria's Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore and the Royal Burial Ground (front). The Royal Burial Ground is a cemetery used by the British royal family.Consecrated on 23 October 1928 by the Bishop of Oxford, it is adjacent to the Royal Mausoleum, which was built in 1862 to house the tomb of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
He is buried in the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore, the royal family's private graveyard in the Home Park near Windsor Castle. Apparently, Lord Plunket is the only person buried at the Royal Burial Ground who is not related through blood or marriage to the royal family.
A 2006 view of the Royal Mausoleum with the Royal Burial Ground in the foreground. The mausoleum was built by the architect A. J. Humbert, based on designs by Professor Ludwig Gruner. [9] It is in the form of a Greek cross, with a 70 ft diameter, and a central octagon of height 70 ft. It was designed in the Romanesque style.
The grave of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor in the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore. The funeral of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, took place on 5 June 1972.Edward had been King of the United Kingdom from 20 January to 11 December 1936, reigning as Edward VIII before his abdication, and had lived in Paris at the time of his death.
Also in the Burial Ground is the cenotaph of Queen Maria of Yugoslavia, a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and wife of King Aleksandar I of Yugoslavia. Having lived in exile in London, she was buried here from 1961 until April 2013, when her remains were exhumed and returned to Oplenac , Serbia.
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Of course, Frogmore Cottage went on to host a different royal couple: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex lived at Frogmore after they got married in 2018 and the late ...
Wallis was buried at the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, next to her husband. [8] The Princess of Wales said afterwards that it was the only time she had seen the Queen weep. [14] The media reported that per Wallis's wishes a series of her love letters to Edward would be published after her death. [9]