On each side of the Quire are the beautifully carved stalls of the Knights and Ladies of the Garter, constructed between 14. They dress in their Garter robes – heavy blue velvet capes and black velvet hats with elaborate white ostrich plumes. Each year in June, royals who are Knights and Ladies of the Garter usually process in carriages from Windsor Castle’s state apartments down the hill to the chapel for the traditional Order of the Garter ceremony. It is the Chapel of the Order of the Garter, the premier order of chivalry in England. Like Westminster Abbey, it is known as a Royal Peculiar, with the Dean of Windsor responsible only to the sovereign. The Windsors gather there each year for Easter services and in the past for occasions such as the service to mark the Duke of Edinburgh’s 90th birthday. Will the Queen be buried with Prince Philip when she dies? The plans after the Duke is interred in Royal Vault The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall’s marriage was blessed in the gothic surrounds in 2005 while the Earl and Countess of Wessex wed there in 1999. Within the chapel are the tombs of 10 sovereigns – as well as George VI, the remains of Edward IV, Henry VI, Henry VIII and his third wife Jane Seymour, the beheaded Charles I, George III, George IV, William IV, Edward VII and George V also rest there. The Berkshire chapel was also the setting for the funerals of Princess Alexandra’s husband Sir Angus Ogilvy in 2005 and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester in 2004. The funeral of Princess Margaret, the Queen’s sister, took place at St George’s in 2002, as did the private committal service for the Queen Mother the same year.īoth are now buried in the tiny George VI memorial chapel within the main chapel with the Queen’s father King George VI, whose funeral took place at St George’s in 1952. However, it has also been a place of sadness for the Windsors. It was also the venue for the wedding of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank in October 2018. The Duke was among the 600 guests who gathered to watch Harry, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh’s grandson, wed the American former actress in a star-studded ceremony.
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