INSIDE Queen Elizabeth ll FINAL Resting Place! George Vl Memorial Chapel! Explained! 

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I am a proud English American also, and I can trace my ancestry unbroken to mid 15th century Liverpool. I have it all documented.

@@loupgarou1261 That's awesome. I've traced my maternal grandmothers family to 1553. My ancestors from Chappell, Essex were Thomas and Anne Abbott. Their son George was a tailor in London when he came to America arriving in Boston and he was there and helped with the establishment of Watertown, MA. But, his descendents moved down to North and South Carolina. It's important to know our roots. With the state of the U.S. today makes me wish my ancestors never left. I may be moving to Scotland if the bigots take over this country.

Thank you for your condolences on the loss of our beloved Queen Elizabeth II

@@brendahollick9245 God Bless you ma'am.

Same here....gonna take a LONG time to get used to hearing KING Charles.

Most people in Britain can't quite believe shes gone either its very surreal and will take a long time to realise.

@@charliezz6746 Well, when she was the only head of state for the entirety of the life of 80+% of the UK....

@@samsignorelli I know. 😢 Especially when the cypher and money changes. But that will take a while won’t it? I’ve been binging every video I see about her and I just can’t believe it; it still hasn’t hit me. Much love and condolences to you all from Texas USA.

I am British and an older lady,the Queen is all i have ever known,miss her and its hard to believe she is no longer here.

I didn't know I could go there. Adding it to my next vacation to England.

@@TheRetirednavy92 Windsor is a fairly short train ride from London. When you come out of the train station you are pretty well right at the castle wall. You walk around the wall a bit and come to the entrance . Your ticket also takes you into the grounds, the Chapel and some rooms of Windsor Castle. It’s well worth a visit! I hope you get there.

Are you allowed to visit the memorial chapel when I visit Windsor Castle?

@@Yuhon100 Yes, the Memorial Chapel is along a side aisle within St George’s Chapel which is on the grounds of Windsor Castle. I was free to walk around the building - all through the sanctuary, the quire, by the altar and along the side aisles. When I was there it was quiet and I could spend as much time as I wanted in any area and there was no one else near the memorial chapel. It may be different now as more people will want to visit the grave of the Queen. Check before you go that the castle and church ( chapel) are open but do go if you can. It’s an easy trip from London.

@@sheilaenglish3293 Thank you for the information Sheila, I want to know where can I see Princess Margaret's tomb with her ashes in it, I did see Queen's parents name, Prince Philip, and I didn't see Margaret's name on the memorial plaque.

I was there a few months ago (my first visit from America) without suspecting the Queen would be there at this date. I also feel fortunate to have seen it.

Yes, right at the end of the national anthem he just looked like the loneliest man in the world, exhausted and alone with his thoughts despite the millions watching and family close by. I sincerely hope they all have the time and space to grieve and rest.

You thought that you, at age 40, would be outlived by a woman who was 96 years old? Why would you think that? Were you given some unfortunate medical diagnosis? Barring that, you're likely to see another royal funeral when Charles dies. You may even outlive William.

@@margaretalbrecht4650 I knew the death of the Queen would eventually happen. She was very bless with what seemed very good health throughout her life. After the pandemic I definitely don't take life for granted. I've had 2 bouts of early stage cancer they caught in 2015 & '18. Where I moved to the competency of doctors is not high and for me to move to a location with the doctors I need would be a miracle. I have to go for a screening to see what the status is of that area to see if by the grace of God it has stayed in remission. I don't wish the ever to see the death of the current monarch or that of his son. Long lives to the both of them, myself and to you as well

@@khelisiesalvatore8173 God bless you. I hope and pray that your health remains good and you live a long, happy life like HM the Queen did. Along with Diana, Princess of Wales, I watched (on TV) the funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and it too was a grand affair. But not as grand as her daughter's yesterday. As for the intense and understandable sadness of our King, he has his beloved Queen by his side, and a large extended family, and many friends, all of whom are allowed to touch him in the same ways they always have. I am sure that in private, our grieving royal family will find the comfort they need. The expressions of sympathy from people all over the world have been appreciated by the royal family. They and the people of the UK and Commonwealth will mourn and, over time, the pain will lessen, it always does. We were blessed to have known her as our Queen. She would be so proud of King Charles, and all her children.

So true!!! I am from another country India, and I was watching the whole funeral through my mobile.. The moment when Queen's casket was lowered down..I was filled with so much compassion for the royal family and UK people.I couldn't control my tears..i cried like a child 😭😭😭 I was feeling like as if I have lost my someone dear. May God grant peace to late Queen. Prayers for the royal family and UK people.❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thank you!

Internment means above ground like a niche or crypt. Burial is below ground.

Interment - noun the burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites. "the day of interment"

@@Thunderbird-cs2cz ..Internment means to be imprisoned (I also made that mistake) Interment means to be buried ,so this confuses the explanation as it can be below ground 🤔 ....the burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites (as Royal Reviewer quotes). Burial means.. the act of placing a dead body in a grave or tomb. (not necessarily under the ground but in hm QEii case below ground).

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They have that as well. It is near Frogmore House (which is not the same place as Frogmore Cottage.) Edward VIII and the Duchess of Windsor are buried there, along with many other family members. Also, some are buried at Sandringham, eg Prince John, youngest child of George V and Queen Mary.

Yes even i thought tha

The Royals do have their own Cemetery. But Princess Margaret who was cremated didn't care much for it !

Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson were indeed buried in Frogmore, but were treated as pariahs even in death. They were buried in a far plot away from the main graves.

My thoughts exactly...

My grandmother's coffin was the second to last of ten spaces stacked in the family vault. Nothing fancy. So, yes, it is possible to fit a number of coffins in a small space.

Looks CHEAP Tomb !!!

@@ziggystardust7888 Really..

@dwald channel I believe this family vault is now complete. Nobody further will be placed in it as there is nobody left to intern. All future Royals would presumably start there own, wherever it might be.

So are all four of them under that slab? I’m so confused.

To Note, RIP DEAR COUSIN QUEEN ELIZABETH II.

The bearer party. They had to go down into the Vault and take our Queen along to be with Philip, they were then brought up again later and taken into the final resting place. The brave bearer party had a long day!

The bearer party who carried our Queen that day

Sorry I repeated myself

@@petemclinc can you explain that, please.

@@petemclinc As the daughter of a monarch (King George VI), albeit having been born when her father was 'merely' Duke of York, Margaret was indeed Her Royal Highness.

@@williamevans9426 Thank you. I thought so but didn’t want to be argumentative with @peter McLaughlin.

Princess Margaret has her own headstone with her name engraved on it standing against one wall in the tomb.

@@SymphonyBrahms Thank you - I wondered about that stone!

Wanda Stratmann Hear Hear.

I think the Chapel has its own vault under the black slab and there's stacking for the coffins down there, i.e. this Chapel goes deeper into the ground than you think. It also explains how they've fitted all four coffins down there because I was wondering.

The slab is removed and coffins are placed inside the small room underneath, on a basic frame which holds two coffins either side. Both coffins are one above the other. Margaret's ashes are in an urn set into a small hole in the wall at the head of the now four coffins.

@@Dog.Walker You are correct.

As I understand it, following the public service of committal, Her Majesty's remains R.I.P. were lowered into the main Royal vault under St Georges chapel (where her late husband's remains have been kept since his death) However, her remains and that of her late husband were to be removed later during a private family service and both bodies were to be interred together in the vault in the George VI chapel, where the remains of Her Majesty's father King George VI, and her mother Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and her sister Princess Margaret rest.

Yes, that’s correct Marco 👍

@@marco5718 And is that in earth/open space underneath the floor tiles in the chapel which we see in the video, or in a vault below that room? Because I'm having trouble seeing where they would end up inside that room tbh.

@@dennisboer8222 yeah cant wrap my head around that

@@dennisboer8222 would like to know also how the coffins are placed into the vault with her Mother, Father and sister. The whole thing is fascinating! May be a very macabre thought but I'm interested to see what the inside of the vaults look like.

Yeh my question too

My question also.

There is no connection between the King George VI Vault and the larger Royal Vault. There is no narrow corridor between them. The narrator probably means that the coffins lowered down from the altar pass through a narrow corridor into the larger Royal Vault. In the case of Elizabeth and Philip, they were temporarily placed in the larger Royal Vault. Then they were brought back up into the church and moved into the George VI Chapel vault. Then they were placed inside that vault with Elizabeth's parents and sister.

@@SymphonyBrahms thank you

My question is how the coffins are manoeuvred into their final positions and how the extra shelving is added when required (unless it's already there). My guess is there's a concealed underground entrance not mentioned on the plans and there are people down there to arrange all of that.

There's a recent video on the royal vault, you can look it up. I tried posting it here but I think it was deleted.

There’s a fantastic video by a youtuber called Allan Barton who goes into much depth about the Royal Vault!

The Royal Vault is not connected to the George Vi Chapel Vault.

The coffins are lowered through the opening at the top once the slab is removed, but how they get into position on the shelving I'm not quite sure. There must be a hidden service entrance and staff down there (out of view) to manouevre them into place. I doubt they simply climb down a ladder because that is undignified and potentially unsafe.

What could you see from where u were

No.

You can see into it but you cannot go into it. It is a private burial place for the family of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Vault is like a crypt so of course there is people who can work down there .

I understand that, as well as the catafalque lift, there is access via a concealed staircase.

They live down there and never see daylight.... ;-)

Diana's grave is on an island at her brother's Althorp estate in Northampton.

@@LindaMChristie Thank yoy :)

@@LindaMChristie Diana is not in the island as it floods regularly it goes into a swamp, she’s buried in the church

@@fabianalvarez8908 she’s not buried in the island as it floods regularly she’s in the church with her father

@@flaminghell Princess Diana's final resting-place is in the grounds of Althorp Park, her family home. The original plan was for her to be buried in the family vault at the local church in nearby Great Brington, but this was changed by her brother, Earl Spencer.

From what I understand, the Royal Vault isn't directly connected to King George VI memorial chapel, HM The Queen and HRH Prince Philip's coffins were moved back up from the vault after a private committal service and moved to the memorial chapel. Underneath there is a 10 by 14ft tomb, 18ft underground, accessed via the ledger stone, with the coffins stacked like those in the Royal Vault. Hope this helps.

@@loujohnson3735 It helped very much! Thank you for your time, effort and patience in this article.

The ledger looks like provision has been made to include all interments as the second half is empty.

@@loujohnson3735 Thank you. If 18ft deep there would, indeed, be plenty of scope for 'stacking'.

@@Gavylad11 I'd assumed the lettering inset into the current ledger stone was set towards the top simply for dignity but, as you point out, it would give scope to add more details.

The narrow corridor leads into the vault of the George Vl Memorial Chapel.

@@RoyalReviewer Thanks, sorry to be dumb, but I'm still unclear, a corridor from the main chapel or a corridor within the confines of the memorial chapel foot print? The memorial chapel is too small to have a corridor from what I can see in the photos. I get the impression the coffins are lowered into the vault via the removal of the stone plaque on the floor into a small room with the same proportion/floor space as the memorial chapel

@@davidtanycoed I think we're meant to not know. But there must be a separate corridor going to a small separate vault underneath, otherwise they would not have to have been brought back up. (At first I thought the vaults might have been connected underneath.) And yes, anyone who is down there would probably see the coffins of the residents already interred. BTW I heard there was actually room for six, so Charles and Camilla might wind up there as well.

@@bunnymomjulie6719 Thanks, that's what's causing confusion if there was a corridor leading from the main vault to the new memorial chapel why were they brought back up

@@davidtanycoed I think what he was saying is that when you go down into this little vault there is a narrow corridor leading to it

It also holds the ashes of Princess Margaret in an urn.

I read there's actually room for six coffins. During burials the slab is removed and the coffins are lowered through the hole, but what I don't understand is how the coffins are neatly stacked if the only access is from the top. Is there another concealed entrance and someone assists manouevring them into position? If the coffins are stacked then what about the next layer being fifted before the next coffin can come in? Given that the Queen and Prince Philip were buried at the same time - my guess is that the extra layers on the shelving were probably already in place and there were people down below out of sight manouevring the coffins into position. It looks like the coffins are lowered straight down the middle and then have to be moved sideways into position. You cannot have a break during a royal funeral for people to do DIY.

The coffins are stacked on top of each other.

@@SymphonyBrahms Yeah, later on I saw a drawing on another site of what it would look like. There's metal frames down there to hold the coffins, 2 and 2, and then a small space for the container of ashes.

Completely separate

you beat me to it! I was busy googling to find McMullen's name.