St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

==Order of the Garter==
===Garter Service===
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[[File:Order of the Garter 01.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Emblem of the Order of the Garter]]
[[File:St George's Chapel Garter Day.jpg|thumb|Members of the public outside St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, waiting for the Garter Procession]]
Members of the [[Order of the Garter]] meet at Windsor Castle every June for the annual Garter Service. After lunch in the State Apartments (Upper Ward of the Castle), they process on foot in their robes and insignia, down to St George's Chapel for the service. The Garter Service was revived in 1948 by [[George VI|King George VI]] for the 600th anniversary of the founding of the Order and has since become an annual event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Companion21-web.pdf|title=Order of the Garter Timeline|publisher=The Companion|year=2015|page=3|access-date=1 October 2022}}</ref>

===Heraldry===
[[File:St Georges Chapel Windsor Castle.jpg|thumb|Interior of the chapel]]
After their installation, members are each assigned a stall in the chapel [[choir (architecture)|choir]] above which his or her heraldic devices are displayed. A member's sword is placed beneath a helmet which is decorated with a [[mantling]] and topped with a crest, [[coronet]] or crown. Above this, a member's heraldic [[banner]] is hoisted emblazoned with his [[Coat of arms|arms]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://flagmakers.co.uk/blog/history/st-george-s-chapel-banners-of-arms-hand-painted-by-flagmakers/|title=St George's Chapel Banners of Arms Hand-Painted by Flagmakers|publisher=Flagmakers|access-date=1 October 2022}}</ref>

A [[Garter stall plate]], a small elaborately enamelled plate of brass, is affixed to the back of the stall displaying its member's name and arms with other inscriptions. On a member's death, the sword, helmet, mantling, crest, coronet or crown, and banner are removed. A service marking the death of a late member must be held before the stall can be assigned to anyone else. The ceremony takes place in the chapel, during which the [[Military Knights of Windsor]] carry the banner of the deceased member and offer it to the [[Dean of Windsor]], who places it on the altar. The stall plates, however, are not removed. They remain permanently affixed to the stall, so the stalls of the chapel are emblazoned with a collection of 800 plates of the members throughout history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Companion20-website.pdf|title=Register of Stall Plates in St George's Chapel|page=18|publisher=The Companion|access-date=1 October 2022}}</ref>