King George VI Memorial Chapel, Sepulchral chapel at St George's Chapel in Windsor, England
King George VI Memorial Chapel is a low, polygonal chantry chapel of pale Clipsham stone projecting from the north wall of St George's Chapel in Windsor. It has a flat, crenellated top edge, angled corner faces, and tall vertical windows with slender tracery. The chapel stands between two external buttresses of the quire.
Queen Elizabeth II commissioned the chapel in 1962 as a burial place for her father, and construction was completed in 1969. This marked the first architectural addition to St George's Chapel since the 15th century.
The wrought iron gates are inscribed with lines from Minnie Louise Haskins's 1908 poem 'The Gate of the Year', which George VI quoted in his 1939 Christmas message. Princess Margaret's tombstone, carved with her monogram, stands separately in the right-hand corner and bears an epitaph she wrote herself.
The chapel is part of St George's Chapel, so opening times and entry rules follow those of the main church. The space is small, and visitors should speak quietly as it holds the remains of several members of the royal family.
King George VI was initially buried elsewhere before his remains were moved here. Later, his daughter Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip were also laid to rest in this space.
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