Royal Burial Ground

Royal Burial Ground

The Royal Burial Ground is a cemetery used by the British Royal Family. It surrounds the Royal Mausoleum on the Frogmore estate in the Home Park at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire.

Burials

Since 1928, most members of the Royal Family, except for sovereigns, have been interred in the Royal Burial Ground. Among those interred there are three of Queen Victoria's children:

* Princess Helena (1846-1923)
* Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942)
* Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)

It is also the final resting place of other royals:

* Duke of Windsor (1894–1972), who reigned as Edward VIII before abdication; his wife, Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (1896–1986)
* Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974), son of George V; his wife, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901–2004); and their elder son, Prince William of Gloucester (1941–1972)

Public access

Frogmore House, its gardens, and the Royal Mausoleum are usually open to the public upon about six individual days each year, usually around Easter and the August Bank Holiday. The mausoleum is also open on the Wednesday nearest Queen Victoria's birthday, May 24. The Royal Burial Ground may be viewed from around its perimeter upon those days which the gardens are open to the public. The Duchess of Kent's mausoleum may also be viewed externally, but is never open to the public.Talks are underway for the Royal Burial ground to be opened once a year, but this is in the very early stages.


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