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St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

Church information
FullnameThe Queen's Free Chapel of the College of St. George, Windsor Castle
LocationWindsor
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipHigh Church
History
DedicationSt. George
Architecture
StyleGothic
Administration
DioceseRoyal Peculiar
Clergy
DeanDavid Conner
Clergy
Organist/Director of musicTimothy Byram-Wigfield

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St George's Chapel is the place of worship at Windsor Castle in England, United Kingdom. It is both a royal peculiar and the chapel of the Order of the Garter. The chapel is governed by the Dean and Canons of Windsor.

The chapel is located in the Lower Ward of the castle, which is one of the principal residences of Queen Elizabeth II.

The day to day running of the chapel is the responsibility of the religious College of St George, which is directed by a chapter of the dean and four canons, assisted by a clerk, virger (traditional spelling of verger) and other staffers. The Society of the Friends of St George's and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter, a registered charity, was established in 1931 to assist the College in maintaining the chapel.

St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle Video

Watch the whole ceremony from beginning to end in this series. The arrival at the chapel (edited) St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 19 June 1999
7.17 min. | 4.86 user rating		 Interesting clip on Henry VIII's simple grave. Henry had planned for himself, and for his third wife Jane Seymour, a grand tomb that would enforce his perceived greatness and power. It would contain a great triumphal arch bearing a statue of the king on horseback. There would also be presentations of himself and Jane in a manner similar to the way in which his parents were depicted in their own tomb in Westminster Abbey. At the very top of the whole tomb (at twenty-eight feet above the ground), there would be an image of God holding the king's soul in his left hand. The whole monument was to be situated in St George's Chapel, Windsor. The tomb was never completed. Some portions were made and were even erected but it was defaced, dismantled and sold of in pieces during the English Civil War. All that remains of the tomb today are copies of the four brass candlesticks. A marble slab was later placed on the site of the grave marking the burial not only of Henry and Jane, but also Charles I and one of Queen Annes infants: www.flickr.com The base of the structure, a black marble sarcophagus and platform, was relocated to St Paul's Cathedral in 1808 to form the tomb of Lord Nelson (as is seen in the clip). For a man so confident of his own power and worth it is somewhat amusing and ironic that he is buried in so simple a fashion. Henry may have failed to secure for himself the grand tomb that he had carefully planned and failed to portray himself in death as the godly reformer <b>...</b>
3.62 min. | 4.91 user rating		 Watch the whole ceremony from beginning to end in this series. The royal family leave St. George's Chapel
6.70 min. | 4.65 user rating		 'Magnificat', from Third Service, Thomas Tomkins(1572-1656) The Choir of St. George's Chapel comprises 23 boy choristers and twelve Lay Clerks singing alto, tenor and bass. The boys are educated at St George's School which is situated in the Castle grounds, and the Lay Clerks live in the Horseshoe Cloister, just to the west of the Chapel, and on Denton's Commons. St George's Chapel exists to provide a place to give thanks to Almighty God and to pray for the Sovereign and the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and the work of the choir is central to that aim. The choir was founded at the same time as the founding of the College in 1348 and, with the exception of the Commonwealth period (1649-60), has sung the services continuously since then. The choir sings regularly in the presence of the Queen and other members of the Royal family, and in recent times sang at the marriage of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones; it sang also at a concert in celebration of the seventieth birthday of Her Majesty the Queen, and at celebrations for the eightieth birthday of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. The choir sang at the funeral of Princess Margaret in St George's and also at the Thanksgiving service for her life held in Westminster Abbey.
7.23 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Come Sing at St George's! The next generation of choristers of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle are being sought out now! Visit www.comesingatstgeorges.co.uk
0.53 min. | 4.75 user rating
360 view of the Horseshoe Cloister (including St. George's Chapel) at Windsor Castle, 2007-02-01.
0.48 min. | 0 user rating		 London, Paddington Train Station, House of Parliament, Big Ben, London Aquarium, London Eye, St Paul's Cathedral, GLA City Hall, Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hinde, Blackfriar's Old Railway Bridge, Hungerford Bridge, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, The Monument for the Great Fire of London, Cleopatra's Needle, London Black Cabs, The Changing of the guards, Buckingham Palace, Queen Victoria, Whitehall, St Jame's Park, Trafalgar Square, Admiralty Arch, Admiral Nelson, The Beatles, Queen Elizabeth, Madame Tussauds, Avebury, Stone Circle, Silbury Hill, Sarsen Stone, West Kennet Long Barrow Burial Chamber, White Horse, Malborough, Stonehenge, Salisbury, Windsor Castle, Albert Memorial Chapel, State Apartment, The Quadrangle, St George's Chapel, Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed Monument, Harrods, Eros, Piccadilly Circle
1.88 min. | 0 user rating		 Along the M4 up to Windsor Castle, to see the Royal Band play outside the front, and then into St George's Chapel to see the burial places of former royalty including Queen Elizabeth and St George IV. There are planes taking off from Heathrow Airport, including some British Airways planes and a Quantas. Then onto the Buckingham Palace Doll's House.
8.33 min. | 5.0 user rating		 I take a day trip out to the small town of Windsor and Eton to visit the royal residence Windsor Castle. It's still used today by the Queen on weekends and for other royal events. I check out St. George's Chapel, the royal apartments and Queen Mary's Doll's House. Quite a sight to see if you ever come out this way.
5.17 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Music by Elizabeth Poston (1905--1987). The choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Christopher Robinson. CD : 20 Christmas Carols from St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
3.72 min. | 5.0 user rating

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