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Chapel Royal

This article is about chapels royal in the United Kingdom, Canada and Bermuda. For other uses, see royal chapel and royal chapel (disambiguation).

The Queen's Chapel at St James's Palace in London, UK, one of numerous chapels royal in Britain
The Christ Church Royal Chapel near Deseronto, Canada, one of Canada's three chapels royal

A chapel royal is an establishment in the British and Canadian royal households serving the spiritual needs of the sovereign and the royal family.

Historically, the chapel royal was a body of priests and singers that travelled with the monarch. The term is now also applied to the chapels within royal palaces,[1] or a title granted to churches by the monarch. In the Church of England, working royal chapels may also be referred to as royal peculiars, an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the monarch. The dean of His Majesty's chapels royal is a royal household office in the United Kingdom that, in modern times, is usually held by the Bishop of London.[2] In Canada, the three chapels royal are affiliated with some of the country's First Nations.

A British chapel royal's most public role is to perform choral liturgical service.[3] The British chapels royal have played a significant role in the musical life of the nation, with composers such as Tallis, Byrd, Bull, Gibbons, and Purcell all having been members of the choir.[4] The choir consists of gentlemen of the chapel royal singing the lower parts alongside the boy choristers known as the children of the chapel.

Outside the United Kingdom and Canada, there is also another royal chapel, St. Peter's Church - Their Majesties Chappell, located in St. George's Parish, Bermuda.

  1. ^ "The Tudor Palace and Chapel Royal". HM Chapel Royal and The Choral Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dean was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Peter McCullough, ed. (2013). The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Volume 1. p. xxiv. ISBN 9780199579365.
  4. ^ Martin Cullingford (15 March 2013). "Past and present at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court". Gramophone Magazine.

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