Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07
ROYAL BURIAL PLACES.
Where the Monarchs of England
Lie at Rest,

r rom the London Chronicle.
While King Edward was laid TO rest in
St Georges Chapel. II is said by some Of
the London papers that. had state tradi.
ton and ceremonial rendered such an ar.
rangement possible. Queen Alxandra
wished that her beloved husband might
have been buried al Sandringham. IL 10
a feeling with which all win find II easy
to sympathize. says the Chronicle.
There. near the home where the roya
couple spent all their happiest seasons,
where they escaped for time from the
cares of state and where the queen viii
probably pass much Of her widowed life.
among the tenantry and villas e folk who
loved the King with personal love. not
only as sovereign. but neighbor ana
friend. in the quiet peace Of a country
churchyard, even the cruel separation
that death has made might we'll wear a
slightly softened aspect.
But kings are kings, even i'm their
death. Yet those who realize most deep
ly how we'll King Edward maintained and
enhanced the noblest traditions Of ouI
English monarchy may well feel a pass.
ing shadow OF regret that he Is not 10
lie with his great predecessors in the
abbey that is the most sacred shrine of
all the English race. Where he was
crowned amid the plaudits OF his people,
there he might ittingly be laid to rest
amid their tears. There. in streaming
London's central roar" in the heart of
the empires capital city, which he loved
well and which loved him well in return,
In the great muster trausept
Where the lights like glories fall.
there would surely have been the most
appropriate resting place for the people.
king.
No line OF rulers has ever had nobler and
more stately mausoleums than our island
kings. Winchester. Westminster Wind.
sor. all alike are marked by a splendor oi
architecture, wealth of decoration in
its noblest form; all are filled with an
atmosphere Of historic renown; all can
boast a long record of inspiring associa'
tions. so closely has the life and growth
Of the nation been entwined with the lHs
and maintenance of the throne.
Westminster Abbey is not our Oldest
royal mauSoleum. Our Anglo-Saxor
kings were buried in the great cathedral
OF the royal city of Winchester. All the
earlier history of this country Ia twined
round Winchester from the days when
the original little British church was
erected. so tradition tells. on the site Of
the present massive pile, by Lucius, King
of the Britons, on his conversion to Chris.
tianity in 164 a. ID. But after the con.
quest the only monarch whose remains
were inferred there was William Rufus
who was buried 'unshriven and unsung'
with disastrous results, for the newly
ttftIdl toWcIs iuuleitdfl at klils
profane intrusion. collapsed shortly after
1t is true William OF Malmeshury, the
chronicler Of the period, prosaically sue-
gests there may have been a defect ir
its construction.
Built by an Edward, Westminster Abbey
is the place where the Edwards OF Ena.
land chiefly rest. AS King Edward wei
knew when he chose his second name foi
his royal and official title. Edward is 4
name that has always been dear TO the
Erc1 fct, na,,ia o,ld has "a
but noble associations with English his
tory. And it is the most renowned oil
the royal Edwards whose ashes lie in The
Chapel of kings-Edward the Confessori
the last of our Saxon sovereigns: Ed
ward /. the first of the new line OF kings
who was in truth English and not Nor.
man; Edward III. our most famous 1ght.
ing monarch: the poor little uncrownec
boy king. Edward V, who bore the pen.
atty without enjoying the pleasure al
sovereignty, and Edward VI, whose brief
reign was too short to fulfill the nations
hopes. All our English queens, Until
Queen Victoria. rest in the abbey-Maryi
Elizabeth, Mary IL and Anne. The lasi
sovereign of England buried at West
minister was George III.
1t was under the House Of Hanover thai
st. Georges Chapel. Windsor. took tins
place of Westminster Abbey as the royal
mausoleum. But earlier kings OF England
had sometimes chosen IL for their last
resting place. The earliest chapel was
built by Henry i, who dedicated II &c
the memory of Edward the Confessor,
But IL was Edward III who founded the
Chapel of St. George. dedicated to the
patron saint of England, and the special
chapel of the knights of the newly formed
Order of the Garter. His building, how
ever. was pulled down and new one
erected by another Edward-Edward IN,
who was himself the first English SOW.
ereign to be buried at Windsor. Most OF
the beauty of the present chapel. how.
ever, is due to the Tudor kings. Henry
VII and Henry VIII. The former was
buried in his beautiful name-chapel al
Westminster Abbey, but the latter lies al
Windsor, as does that Inflated monarch
Charles /.
1t was George III who constructed the
huge royal vault beneath the chapel
There he himself was buried, and George
" and his only child. Princess Charlotte
Augusta; William ", George, the last
King of Hanover; the Duke Of Albany,
King Edwards youngest brother. and the
Duke of Clarence. his eldest son. Queen
Victoria, his royal mother, lies not fan
off, in the mausoleum at Frogmore, be.
side her long lamented husband. the
prince consOrt
There will be King Edwards last home
among those he loved so dearly in life. in
the beautiful chapel of the order of which
he was the head in the royal borough
that has been a favorite home of oui
English kings since William the Con
queror first fell in love with it and erected
his castle there.