New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-21
THE ROYAL TOMB
Where King Edwards Body
Awaits Final Sculpture.
The London Daily Telegraph.

From The London Daily Telegraph.
King Edwards body rests in St. Georges
Chapel. Windsor Castle, where already
sleep many of his majesty's predecessors
on the throne of England. among whom
are Edward ". Henry VI, Henry VIII.
Charles I. George III. George ", William
" and some others.
Its interior is as magnificent as its ez-
terror is perfect. The roof is supported by
graz eful columns. from which the stone
work branches outward in delicate fanlike
ribs, giving a wonderful appearance OF
lightness and grace The arms Of the SOW
ereigns and mobiles whose names are asso-
ciated with the ancient fabric are emilia
zorsed on the bosses. Among these are the
heraIdic bearings of Edward the Confessor.
Edward III, the Black Prince, Henry VI.
VII and VIII. and those of the Hastings,
Beaufort and Bourchier and other famous
families. Low pointed arches connect the
columns and above these open the clere-
story windows, twenty feet in height. The
west window is famed for delicacy and
grace OF the stonework and the beauty of
the Colored glass. It contains no fewer
than eighty compartments, arranged in six
tiers. and displays the prayer read at every
service held in the chapel for the knights
of the Garter.
A conspicuous object near the west door
is the white marble statue erected by
Queen Victoria in memory Of her najes-
Tvs uncle. Leopold !. King of the Bel
gians. IN the Urswick Chapel-so called
after its founder. Dean Urswick. who died
in 1521-is the cenotaph of the Princess
Charlotte, daughter of King George "
and wife of King Leopold, and not far
away is the Cenotaph of King George V
of Hanover. Close by is a brass tablet
to the memory of Prince Alamayu. son Of
King Theodore of Abyssinia, who died
while on a visit to this country, and is
inferred near the west door. The choir.
which is Of singular beauty and richness
is divided from the nave by the organ and
choir screen.
The stalls Of the Knights of the Garter
are elaborately carved, and overhead hang
the knights banners. recalling memories
Of the installation ceremonies which have
taken place here uninterruptedly since the
foundation of the Order on St. Georges
Day. 1879 The sovereigns stall is under
the organ In the centre of the choir is
the royal vault in which lie the remains
of Henry VIII and one of his queens, Jane
Seymour. and Charles l. Near the altar
steps Is another vault. in which repose
of the altar the tomb of Edward ~ is in
Queen Adelaide, and close by the west side
of the altar the tomb of Edoward " is In
closed by an iron screen
In the south aisle lies his rival 10 the
throne. Henry VI whose body was trans
ferred from its first resting place at ebert
sey by order of Richard III. The spot 1s
marked by black marble slab, bearing
the simple words Henry VI In the same
aisle lie the remains of the Earl of Lin
coin. statesman who died in 1884 after
holding high Office in the reigns of Henry
VIII. Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth In
the Braye Chapel there is a memorial
erected by command of Queen Victoria to
the memory of the late Prince Imperial
son Of the Empress Eugene, who was
killed in the Zulu War Of 1879. On the wall
near by are the sword and sabretash OF
Captain Wyatt Egdell, a direct descendant
of the founder of the Brave Chapel in the
reign Of Henry VII Captain Edgell re-
covered the body of the Prince Imperial
and was afterward killed at the battle of
Ulundi.
The bodv Of the Duchess of Kent, mother
of Queen Victoria, was originally buried
in the vault near the altar steps, but was
subsequently removed to the nausoleun
b,,iIt to her memory at Frogmore. in
Windsor Great Park. The Prince Consort
was also buried in this vault during the
building Of the mausoleum al Frosmore'
where he now lies by the side Of his illus
+rious consort. Queen Victoria. In the chap
ter room is preserved the sword Of state
of Edward " This sovereign's coat of
mail and surcoat OF crimson velvet, en-
broidered with pearls, gold, and precious
stones. formerly hung near the east win
dow. hut IL was taken away and destroyed
bv Cromwell's troopers.
In the south aisle marble slab marks
the resting place of the Duke of Brandon,
whose romantic marriage in Paris TO Mary.
sister of Henry VIII, and widow of the de-
crenit Louis Y of France, upset the plans
80 that sovereign