Back in 2012, we visited Windsor Castle and St. George's Chapel that is on the palace grounds. I remember seeing a large rectangular tile on the floor marking Henry VIII's body resting in a vault under the Quire in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle near his third wife, Jane Seymour. In today's blog (thanks to Tom, resident England amateur historian), you'll see the vault where Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and others are buried in that church.
ABOUT ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL: St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar and the Chapel of the Order of the Garter. St George's Chapel was founded in the 14th century by King Edward III and extensively enlarged in the late 15th century.
(Photo: St. George's Chapel - we took this picture in 2012 when we visited)
WHO IS BURIED IN ST. GEORGE'S? There are too many people to name, all buried in various locations within the church including King Edward IV & VII, Henry VIII, George V & VI, Charles I, George III and more.. For a full list and their locations, visit: https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/about-st-georges/royal-connection/royal-burials/royal-burials-chapel-location/
WHERE IS QUEEN ELIZABETH GOING? The queen’s and Prince Philip’s remains, when lowered into the floor below the quire, will be stored here in the crypt of St George’s Chapel.
Eventually their remains will be moved to the small George VI Memorial Chapel, located on the north side of the church. The chapel was commissioned by Queen Elizabeth II in 1962 as a burial place for her father, King George VI. It holds 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. It was designed by George Pace. Construction of the chapel was completed in 1969.
Constructed between the buttresses of the original church, the chapel is located here:
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