The Mausoleum of the House of Windsor - St George's Chapel
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A year after Queen Elizabeth II’s death, I return to St George’s chapel, Windsor where she is buried to explore further and in some detail the burial places and design of the tombs of her family - the House of Windsor and House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
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Unused for 350 years and yet a fine memorial.
This was so excellent of you to make Allan. The history of all the royal tombs for the last couple of hundred years both in
the chapels and mausoleums is very well covered here and nowhere else in your remarkable style.
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed the video!
St George's Chapel is a favorite of mine. It's grand in its own right but much more intimate than Westminster or St Paul's. I also adore the fact that Henry VIII lay in the crypt mouldering away for centuries before getting a simple ledger stone. And, Cardinal Wolsey not getting in at all? Added bonus.
@@EF5Winds Yes, Allan's video is great and gives all the details. It was to be in St George's. So glad it never happened.
Whilst living in London I visited Windsor Castle & went inside St George’s Chapel. I found it jaw dropping!
Lucky you. Here's my experience of my 12th birthday day out treat to Windsor Castle. Left the midlands with my Aunt on a single-decker bus trip. Got to Windsor Castle at lunchtime. Castle closed, St George chapel closed. My Aunt took me to get lunch in a posh tea shop. I had Fish and chips. I picked up the salt seller and put it all over my food. It turned out to be sugar. I left it. Went back to the castle to walk around the ground there was a stampede of people running towards some gate. The Queen had been spotted with the corges and Mrs Simpson. I couldn't run fast enough and so my aunt blamed me for the rest of her life for not seeing the Queen. The reason it all went wrong was Edward the 8th had died and was lying in state in the chapel, and the Castle and chapel were closed to the public as a mark of respect. The bus company failed to mention that. 😭
@@juliebarks3195 o wow what a dreadful day - you poor thing 😢🇳🇿
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You make such interesting content looking forward to the next one
Am I weird because I got excited seeing this video hit my feed...? So informative! Thank you!
Only as weird as I am for getting excited and recording it!
That was absolutely wonderful Allan, thank you. Some of those effigies are just beautiful to look at. My late hubby and I went to Windsor castle ( and we got so spoiled . Hubby had a walker and it was raining , they were so kind) . I really wanted to see inside St George’s Chapel and it was closed for a private something that day. Years later I went back to England by myself and went to Oxford. Always my wish to see the Bodlein and Ashmolean library. Sigh, again shut for student Intake! One kind porter let me stick my head in so I could see the quad and let me take a photo or two. Never mind, you do it all for me. Thank you heaps 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺
Glad to pad out your fleeting glimpses with more detail!
Tombs - especially those of prominent people always bring to my mind those words of the Tudor poet John Donne -"Ask not for whom the bell tolls it tolls for thee." Death is a reality which we all face.
It's easy to forget the amount of work that goes into making one of Allan's videos. From the research and writing and production, it amazed me where he gets all his energy from?
Thank you - they are a lot of work, but I do love producing them.
The tombs of Victoria's children alone would have filled a good sized church!
Allan, you are so underrated! Your chanel should have 2 million subscribers! I am working on getting an anthropology and archeology degree right now. HISTORY IS THE BEST!!
Indeed it is! How else can we understand where we're at now. Archaeology and anthropology sounds great, enjoy!
Thank you Allan you never fail us xxxxx
Hi Allan! Dear sir, you have the most remarkable tallent of filling every inch of a video with interesting information. Well done indeed! May His peace be with you and yours.
Thanks Terry and with you and yours too. God bless.
I love the Albert Memorial. It’s like being inside a tin of Christmas chocolates it’s so decorated
Always fascinating! Thank you!❤
My husband and I, visiting from Northern California, were sorry to have our tour of Windsor Castle and St. George’s Chapel canceled when King Charles proclaimed a week of morning following the funeral of Queen Elizabeth. We were staying in Eton for that tour on Saturday upon arrival from the states. We were told that we could still attend the Evensong service that evening in the chapel. As that chapel was designed and paid for by my husband’s uncle, Sir Reginald Bray, in the late 1400s into the first quarter of the 1500s, we were so anxious to get in and see it! We attended that service along with many others and marveled at the roof bosses, many of which featured the hemp bray tool he invented as well as his initials. Following the service, we were invited to file past the chapel where Queen Elizabeth had just been buried less than a week before! That was a welcome surprise! We altered our trip plans to return for our tour the following Saturday of St. George’s Chapel and see the Bray chantry from the outside as well as the chapel next to the queen’s burial chapel, where my husband had other relatives buried, including Sir Thomas St. Leger, executed by King Richard III! What an experience!
So fascinating. I was very fortunate enough to go to Frogmore in the late 90s on a rare day that the Mausoleum was open. We got to see the tombs of Albert and Victoria and also Wallis and Edward. There was something poignant about them both lying outside, some distance away from the Royal tombs, much like their lives really. In hindsight I feel very sorry for them both as they maintained a great respect for the Royals despite being in exile. Have you done a video of the tombs and memorials in St Paul's? .
Edward had abdicated, he was no longer a King and was only minor royal
Margaret would have been buried there too, but she asked our Queen's permission
and it is a fact that Edward and Wallis were nazi sympathizer, he was a traitor
who told hitler to bomb us into submission
Where did you get that idea from? With all due respect neither Wallis nor did The Duke Of Windsor had any respect for the other Royals… They did so much to be a nuisance meeting and befriending Hitler, extorting money from the Royals, having their disrespectful nicknames for The Late Queen and everyone else who did their duty…. I respect you and your thoughts but maybe you should read a little more about this subject. 🙂
What little restraint they did exercise was due to the threat of with holding their “allowance
@@tiffanysanchez9184 well we all have our opinions and I do respect yours. I just think they were over-vilified based on research and books I have read and documentaries I have seen. Like Wallis and Edward many aristocrats and VIPs met Hitler before WW2. I do not believe many if any of these remained in contact with him knowing what he had eventually done. Except perhaps two of the Mitford sisters.
There is a video of Wallis and Edward that discusses her realization she still loves the man she divorced. Much of what is discussed is drawn from letters to her previous husband.
my 4 time great grandfather Charles Frederick Horne is buried in St George Chapel. he was the Organist and Choir master of the Chapel he is one of few commoners buried there
Fantastic video! St. George's Chapel is my favorite places to learn about. I would love to see you do a video on Frogmore.
Thank you for this video and the memory of the late Queen. Such beautiful monuments and tombs. I would also like to thank you for your monthly publication of your magazine. I’m very happy with it. Martha
That's so good to hear, thank you. Glad you're enjoying my work 😊
I visited St. George's Chapel in 2013 and visited the George VI memorial burial place. Now that you have covered the burials of everybody starting with Prince Leopold, I guess I need to go back and revisit! Great job! 😊
This reminds me of the papal crypts under St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.....just to see so many Popes buried near one another and the artistry of the tombs is remarkable. Makes one think about ones own burial monument.
As ever, I have been captivated by your video - this time on the royal mausoleum.The history is fascinating and your presentation so engaging that I always want to know more. Thank you Allan, I anticipate any upcoming videos eagerly.
You make such interesting content looking forward to the next one. Unused for 350 years and yet a fine memorial..
Once again, an interesting video. Thank you, Alan.
I'm not sure I could rest in peace with that menacing angel waiting to drop a crown on me....thanks for a fascinating video, beautifully presented as ever.
Agreed, it is a bit sinister. I must confess to not being all that fond of that bizarre monument.
Your wonderful Narrator voice keeps me coming back for more
Thank you.
Thank you!😊
Really liked the magazine!
Yours are some of the most interesting and detailed videos around. Thanks for this and all of your work
That is very kind of you, thank you.
@@allanbarton I also love seeing a guy named Alan succeeding. Gives me hope for me.
This was an exceptional video. So very interesting. Thank you 👍
We really enjoy the content on your channel. We especially value your old church visits and are looking forward to more of those in the future. We will appreciate, if you are able, to spend more time viewing and narrating the wall plaque monuments. Thank you so much for all of your time and energy to educate us, opening a window onto our past.
Another interesting video, Allan!! 💞👍❤
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
What a well thought out video! Thank you, it was a pleasure to watch!
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Very nice.
Thank you.
Wonderful remembrance. Well done. Dignified.
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Always watching, Allan
Another smashing video Allan. You really smash these out of the park. Informative, and witty, you beat the other channels hands down. Here's to 100k subs
Bless you Aileen, I’ll just keep them coming - I do love my work and am touched by your kind words.
I just discovered your channel and it's VERY interesting! I'll be watching more of them
Glad you're enjoying my videos 😊
As always, well done🌻
Thank you! 😊
While Idid get to visit St. George's Chapel on my last trip to England, I did not get all of the information you provided in this video. Thank you, Allan, for another job well done.
Thank you.
Excellent! Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for this excellent and very informative video. Lots of great information presented in a clear format with wonderful illustrations. ❤❤❤
You're very welcome!
Beautifully done, thank you from Oregon, us :)🇬🇧🇺🇲
My pleasure, thanks for watching 😊
So interesting. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your videos are always good. Thank you.
Thank you too!
Really enjoyed this, very informative.
Wonderful, thanks very much!
I love these
Wonderful video! Extremely informative.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love your work for its thoroughness, fine narration and attractive images, and this was no exception. Good job. I look forward to your offering on the Frogmore monuments. (May I be permitted to comment on one minuscule "fingernails on the blackboard" moment? Saying "George V was moved" chafed and somewhat rankled. By that time he was long into his heavenly reward and so one could plausibly say that no such thing could have occurred. His *remains* on the other hand were removed.)
Very well reseached. Suzette
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic video!
Thank you very much! Glad you liked it!
Thanks Allan, looking forward to my September digital issue.
Fascinating insights as always Allan and an excellent follow up to your earlier videos on the burials and history of St George's Chapel. It is also a history of the fashion and trends in funereal art, reflected in the mausoleums of royalty and others who had the vast sums of money to commemorate their loved ones in such lavish style. You notice the marked difference in the much lower key commemoration of King George VI, his wife and Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and Princess Margaret. It will be very interesting to see what King Charles and Queen Camilla decide for their mortal remains and where they eventually choose to be buried.
Excellent
A very interesting survey, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
fascinating stuff!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for the video. Love watching all your videos. Can you make a video of the Gloucester vault? Location and all thos buried in that vault. Thank you
Thank you so very much for showing and explaining what is in that chapel room containing Prince Albert Victor’s very elegant tomb. As you probably know visitors are not allowed into that room and have to stand in the doorway behind a velvet rope. Having come 5000 miles this was very disappointing. I had no idea others were also buried in there, as there is no information for anyone to read. Nowadays visitors to the large room are walked all around in pretty much a circle and are able to 12:20 see the marble tombs that line the space. It would certainly be wonderful to visit the aforementioned room as the walls look magnificent and Eddie’s tomb, as you say, is unique in the country.
The late Queen Elizabeth was the only queen that I knew (not personally). Seems strange that she isn't here any longer. May she know only resting in peace..
I think that if there was room for Charles and Camilla in the George VI chapel, there would be an empty place on the black ledger stone. I think since the addition of Elizabeth II and Philip's names it looks very complete and full.
Maybe it will be replaced with a new stone when Charles and Camilla die, with the names of all 6 of them?
I think they’ll just make a new stone with all the names on if they do get buried there.
Very interesting as always. I’ve been to many royal venues including Windsor Castle but I’ve never been inside St George’s chapel.
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.
Looking forward to the Frogmore episode.
Another great video, thank you Allan. I love the artistry that goes into each tomb. I've been meaning to ask, what is the name of the music played before and after your videos? Everyone should get your magazine, it is wonderful. 😍
It's called the 'Old Tower Inn' it's very jolly.
@@allanbarton it is! 😁
Very interesting! Would you know if the stone commemorating Princess Margaret is likely to be fastened to the wall of the chapel? At the moment it's leaning against the wall, as if someone put it down there then forgot it!
No they didn't forget,she treated everyone poorly.seems apt.
Prince Harry has said in his book that he had selected a gravesite for himself at Frogmore during his time in the military-do you think that, like edward Vlll, when the time comes he will be laid to rest there with his duchess?
No. They should be buried in St Peter ad-vincula in the Tower of London. In front of the high altar. That's where they buried executed traitors.
She is a product of hollywood so put her in Forest Lawn
@@juliebarks3195 Good heavens no! Not with Anne Boleyn and Lady Jane Grey (amongst others). H and HW should be cremated and the ashes scattered in the Pacific ocean!
For better or worse, he has been very clear in the last few years at just how much he hates his family, and Britain in general. So no, I don’t imagine he would want to be buried anywhere other than some graveyard in California.
@@Zveebo I agree. I dont know why he keeps coming back here
I remember that video a year ago!
And your point?
Nice to see Henri de Triqueti given his due. We have 3 of his pieces, for the Wellesley family, at St James' Draycot Cerne, Wilts.
Mr Barton, I do truly enjoy learning from your channel on so many occasions. I must however ask a question here; at 5:39 you show a picture of Prince Leopold's effigy and state that he is dressed in a Hussars uniform. I am not so sure of that. He was Duke of Albany, a Scottish Title. He had therefore, an honorary association with the 72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders, later the Seaforth Highlanders. The effigy shows a short jacket with Highland flaps and a plaid wrapped round and pinned at the left shoulder with a brooch. Below his waist belt is clearly a sporran with 6 tassels. The cuffs of the jacket are of the deep turn back Highland pattern with the same 3 button loops as the flaps. At the crook of the left elbow is the basket hilt of the Highland broadsword, the Claymore. No Hussars weapon or indeed uniform - he is shown as a Highlander. I suspect your text got confused with the later burial of Prince Albert Victor, who is in a Hussars Jacket. He had been gazetted to the 10th Hussars. Just wanted to clarify (as the descendant of Highlanders, myself). Thank you for your excellent work. I really do appreciate you and your efforts.
Great video Allan, very interesting. I wonder, is Prince Leopold’s coffin (and body I presume) inside the tomb chamber beneath his effigy or is it in a vault under the floor there?
I believe rather unusually it is within the tomb chest directly below his effigy.
Mr. Barton - My wife and I visited Windsor Castle and St. George's Chapel last June. There was a prayer listed that King Edward VII had near his resting place. As photography was not allowed in the chapel (something we respected even if others did not :) ) we did not get a picture of it. By chance do you know the prayer of which we're asking? We've looked everywhere online and have yet to find it and of course we didn't memorize it either. Thank you. This video was fantastic and our visit was amazing and we look forward to our return.
Another super video. Just one point. The effigy of Prince Leopold appears to be wearing a sporran so it is unlikely to be hussar dress which is a cavalry style.. It looks more like a Scottish infantry regiment uniform.
I think you are almost certainly correct on this - he was Colonel-in-Chief of the Seaforth Highlanders, could it be the uniform of that regiment? They were present at his funeral as an honour guard.
Oh Mr. Barton you are hilarious 😂 "pushing up daisies" Surely not...
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Double dip again... but I just MARVEL at the craftsmanship 😊
ian't there also a nice monument to Princess Charlotte of Wales, George IV's daughter at St George's? i love your videos by the way. are you going to St Matthew's Church Coldridge Devon and tell us about the whole Edward V thing going on there??
There is - I should cover that at some stage, it is a very striking monument. How different history would have been had she lived. I will be heading down to Devon next year, so I will try and pop into Coldridge and have a look.
Why someone will be burried next to his/her parents? 🤔 imagine dying at the age of 96 and your parents still tell you where to spook around... 🤔🤔
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So many historical references to Margrethe 1. of Denmarks grave in Roskilde
HRM didn't leave much time for KCIII who has been diagnosed with cancer.
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I’m curious if they took any photo inside the tomb when Queen Mary was buried beside her husband.
I always find ‘buried’ an odd way of putting it when they are really just sat on stone boxes or on shelves. Are there any royal burials where the coffin is directly buried in the earth?
Are there any images of the vault beneath the George 6th chapel?
No, sadly.
Is the public allowed to visit the Albert Chapel?
Have any royals been cremated, or is burial/entombment the standard practice?
Princess Margaret was cremated. She is with her parents and her sister Queen Elizibeth 2.
I believe one of Queen Victoria's daughters, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, was cremated when she died in the 1930s - not sure where her ashes were buried.
@@EF5Winds. 😅. I cannot tell you how often I ask myself that question: Didn’t you watch the video? Many people, apparently, do not pay attention to what they are watching.
Listen
Sadly they are lazy
Although one of the greatest British sovereigns, how like humble Queen Elizabeth II to choose burial in her father's chapel rather than having something specially constructed for her and Prince Philip.
Well she is known to be stingy
Prince leopold is in a kilt pal
He is pal.
You made me laugh at the end. Although it will be interesting to see where they may be laid to rest, iI think King Charles should plan and pay for a new addition for him and his progeny. He is somewhat of a transitional monarch , but really the first of the Modern Era, ERII was that truly transitional monarch much by default of the length of her reign but she was brought up in and carried herself very much in a traditional way, which sadly I think is all but gone now. although King Charles saw some great technological changes as did his mother, but laid the foundation with more “the first monarch to…” than anyone before or honestly as far as we understand the world than anyone after her will. So King Charles should come up with a different twist maybe in modern times we won’t entomb monarchs in a manner that would allow their exhumation hundreds of years later. Maybe a tasteful outside central monument with an area set aside and fenced tasteful that would allow natural green burials.
Regardless a silhouette of their profile in a living state is a bit more cheerful than a 3D sculpture of their death repose on directly on top of where they lay dead in that same state (minus dogs and unicorns)
Is that the “Eddie” that possibly could have been Jack the Ripper?
1:22 Why?
It was getting rather crowded.
It's so weird to hear the dates of these vast monuments. Right when they began the biggest one in the 1890's, one of my ancestors was brought to a "home for the poor" which was just a work-house, after being arrested once again for begging in the streets and being a vagrant. He managed to work his way out and somehow had a son (my grandfather). He only had one eye and I know that because of a pictiure taken during his arrest for avenging his son who had been hit by a man. Apparently he went to town on that guy and was sentenced to 8 months in jail.
If he was ever properly buried then his monument would have been a slab of concrete, but most likely he would have been buried in the poor-people section with just his name on a card.
I've just about driven myself mad trying to find who made the relief of the Queen Mother. Skimmed a few more recent reports from Friends and descendants society. Did find some interesting bits about the burial of Henry Viii and Charles I. Interestingly their memorial ledger is a actually inthe wrong place
It drive me mad too, couldn't find a thing.
@@allanbarton there does appear to be a very similar, if not identical relief at the Queen Mother's memorial garden. Curious if enquiring with St Georges directly will yield an answer
@@allanbarton My assumption is that it would've been done by the Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland (as William Reid Dick was). Given there is a (probable) replica in the pavilion of the Queen Mother's Memorial Garden, which opened in 2006, my best guess would be Eduardo Paolozzi (Sculptor in Ordinary 1986-2005). Annoyingly the archived version of the 'Queen Mother's Memorial Fund for Scotland' website doesn't mention it. Sidenote: in the few pages that google books shows from a recent biography of William Reid Dick, it mentions that QEII ordered a replica of the KGVI bronze from WRD for Crathie Kirk, I'm curious if that one ended up in the chapel in St. George's, or if that's another replica.
Do we know WHY QEII didnt want a tomb effigy for herself? I can imagine she didnt want herself eternally represented as an old lady... but do we actually know?
Unicorn (horse) and a Lion
The Chapple bunt because of they disbelieve in SABBATH day of rest.
I hope Dirty Harry didnt take pictures to sell to netflix when he suspiciously was caught with photos showing him leaving
Dirty who?
How bout the house of Windasmear
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What
Is cremation a normal thing with the Royals?
No, Princess Margaret is the only senior royal to have been cremated.
Each decides for themselves if there is time to make those arrangements.
there is a mausoleum for Victor and Albert and her mother the Duchess of Kent
but there is the George VI Memorial Chapel for George VI, The Queen Mother, our late Queen, Phillip and interred there, George V who was the first Monarch of the Windsor Dynasty and his Consort Mary are not interred there and won't be
Indeed, the video talks about all of those things.
Do you have a hearing issue? You might want to contact a specialist
Germans not British ?
They are still the British royal family regardless of their Germanic origins. The English haven’t been ruled by a truly native dynasty since the Norman Conquest.