Pretty good after visiting Westminster :-)
Here's Marks "exacting" presentation - a pity the Blog fonts and colours suck. As you can see - when we get to Normandy and Brittany (after our aborted attempt in July), and after we go to Windsor we'll have nailed just about all of them.
The question remains . . . how dedicated are we . . . should we plan a trip to Copenhagen for Sven Fork Beard???
In Quest of Dead
Kings – Progress update
The key:
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Nothing to visit – completely destroyed
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Site visited, but nothing remains
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At least some reference to Monarch but not the tomb
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Tomb visited
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Not yet visited
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Pre-conquest
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Name
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Death
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Place of burial
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King Rædwald
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629
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Sutton Hoo – OK so, not official, but we’re claiming him
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Egbert
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839
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Old Minster, Winchester then Winchester Cathedral
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Æthelwulf
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855
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Old Minster, Winchester then Winchester Cathedral
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Æthelbald
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860
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Sherborne Abbey, Dorset
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Æthelbert
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866
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Sherborne Abbey, Dorset
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Æthelred
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871
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Wimborne Minster, Dorset
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Alfred the Great
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899
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Old Minster, then New Minster, then Hyde Abbey
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Edward the Elder
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924
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New Minster, Winchester moved to Hyde Abbey
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Æthelstan
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939
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Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire
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Edmund I
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946
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Glastonbury Abbey
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Edred
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955
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Old Minster, Winchester then Winchester Cathedral
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Eadwig (Edwy)
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959
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Winchester Cathedral
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Edgar
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975
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Glastonbury Abbey
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Edward, the Martyr
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978
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Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset
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Ethelred the Unready
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1016
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Old St Paul's Cathedral
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Edmund Ironside
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1016
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Glastonbury Abbey
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Svein, Forkbeard
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1014
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Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark
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Canute the Great
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1035
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Old Minster, Winchester then Winchester Cathedral
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Harold Harefoot
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1040
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St Clement Danes, London
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Harthacanute
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1042
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Winchester Cathedral
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Edward the Confessor
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1066
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Westminster Abbey
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Harold Godwinson
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1066
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Waltham Abbey, Essex
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Post Conquest
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Name
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Death
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Place of burial
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William I (conqueror)
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1087
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Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Normandy
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William II (Rufus)
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1100
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Winchester Cathedral
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Henry I
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1135
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Reading Abbey, Berkshire
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Stephen
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1154
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Faversham Abbey, Kent
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Empress Matilda
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1167
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Rouen Cathedral, Normandy, France
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Henry II
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1189
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Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France
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Richard I
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1199
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Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France(heart buried at Rouen)
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John
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1216
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Worcester Cathedral
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Henry III
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1272
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Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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Edward I
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1307
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Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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Edward II
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1327
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Gloucester Cathedral
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Edward III
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1377
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Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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Richard II
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1400
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Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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Henry IV
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1413
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Canterbury Cathedral
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Henry V
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1422
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Westminster Abbey
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Henry VI
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1471
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Windsor Castle (reburied in St George's Chapel 1484)
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Edward IV
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1483
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St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
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Edward V
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?1483
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?Murdered and buried secretly in the Tower of London
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Richard III
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1485
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Tomb at Leicester Cathedral, body lost (maybe now found)
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Henry VII
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1509
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Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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Henry VIII
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1547
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St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
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Edward VI
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1553
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Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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Lady Jane Grey
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1554
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St Peter ad Vincula (London), Tower of London
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Mary I
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1558
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Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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Elizabeth I
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1603
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Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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Monarchs since 1603
(of England, and Scotland (1603–1707); of Great Britain (1707–1801); of United
Kingdom (1801–present)
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Name
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Death
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Place of burial
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James I
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1625
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Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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Charles I
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1649
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St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
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Charles II
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1685
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Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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James II
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1701
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Chapel of St Edmund, Church of the English Benedictines,
Rue St. Jacques, Paris (lost at the French Revolution)
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Mary II
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1694
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Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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William III
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1702
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Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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Anne
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1714
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Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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George I
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1727
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Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany, flattened by Bomber Command in a single night during WWII
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George II
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1760
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Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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George III
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1820
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St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
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George IV
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1830
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St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
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William IV
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1837
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St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
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Victoria
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1901
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Frogmore, Windsor
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Edward VII
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1910
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St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
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George V
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1936
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St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
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Edward VIII
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1972
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Royal burial ground at Frogmore, Windsor
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George VI
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1952
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St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
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