Aug 24, 2024 · Visitors will be able to observe the experts at work from the Royal Pew, described as “like a box at an opera reserved for the monarch”, which looks down upon the main body of the chapel. For the...

Learn more about worship, music and the architecture of the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace on the Chapel's website. Marvel at the sparkling re-creation of Henry VIII's Crown, on display in the Tudor apartments at Hampton Court Palace.

The Royal Chapel of All Saints or Queen Victoria's Chapel is a Grade II listed church in the grounds of the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, England [1] and is a Royal Peculiar, serving as an informal parish church for the inhabitants and staff of …

May 17, 2021 · The present royal pew, pews, oak paneling, marble floor, and wall paintings all date from Wren’s remodeling. The pews, the paneling, and the pillars supporting the royal pew are made of Norwegian oak, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, and carved by Grinling Gibbons.

The Royal Pew can be visited from the Tudor side of the palace and overlooks the beautifully painted ornate ceiling presenting a royal blue background punctuated with gold stars. The inscription on the vaults of the ceiling reads ‘Dieu et Mon Droit’.

Home of Henry VIII and the Tudor dynasty: a 500-year old royal pleasure palace The original Tudor Hampton Court Palace was begun by Cardinal Wolsey in the early 16th century, but it soon attracted the attention of Henry VIII , who brought all his six wives here.

From the Haunted Gallery, you can access the royal pew; from here, Anne would have sat and looked down into the body of the chapel. In Tudor times, the king and queen had separate rooms in the royal pew, with windows looking down into the chapel choir.

From the top of the Royal Pew, today in the single room version created by Christopher Wren for Queen Anne in the early 1700's, as it was originally divided into two rooms, the Holy Day Closets, you can admire the outstandingly rich and colorful vaulted ceiling installed by …

The Royal Pew Since Tudor times the King and Queen worship and attend services overlooking the chapel from the Royal Pew. Originally, the Pew was separated into two rooms, but Sir Christopher Wren redecorated in for Queen Anne, transforming it to one room, as …

The present royal pew, the oak panelling, the marble floor and the various wall paintings, were all part of a programme of work initiated by Queen Anne in 1710. The pews, the panelling and the pillars supporting the Royal pew are of Norwegian oak, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, famous architect and ‘Surveyor General to the King’ and ...