Umtshato weNkosana uHarry noMeghan Markle eSt. George's Chapel, Windsor ngoMeyi 19, 2018 uye wabeka eli cawa elikhethekileyo kwiluhlu lwabantu abanomdla wolwazi. Nantsi yonke into ofuna ukuyifumana ukuba uceba ukutyelela.
UHenry VIII nomkakhe wesithathu uJane Seymour, unina wonyana wakhe oyedwa, bahlala phantsi kweSt George's Chapel. Kwakhona isidumbu esingenasiphelo sakwaKumkani uCharles Ilahlwayo. Kwiminyaka engaphezu kwe-500, iBrithani Royals (kunye neentlobo zabo zakwaJamani) ziye zatshitshiswa, zifaniswa zithunyelwa eStGGorge, ngaphakathi kweendonga ze-Windsor Castle.
Xa etshata kwizinto ezikuthi, ngokwenene, isahlulo seentsapho, uNkosana uHarry uya kuhamba ekhoneni elifanayo unina unina, u- Princess Diana emva koko , wamthabatha ukuba abe ngumKristu.
Ezinye zezinye iziganeko ezidumile zakutshanje kwi-chapel ezinikele kwiSt. George, ingcwele yaseNgilandi, iquka:
- Intsikelelo yomtshato womtshato weNkosana uCharles noCamilla Parker-Bowles, ngoku i-Duchess yaseConwall (umtshato wecawa wawucala ngenxa yokuqhawula kwabo umtshato, ukukrexeza kobuqhetseba kunye noluntu ngexesha)
- Umtshato kaPrince Edward, unyana owona mncinane uElizabhete, kuSophie Rhys-Jones, ngoku nguDuchess waseWessex. UPeter Philips, unyana kaPrincess Anne, watshata noVumel Kelly apho.
- Imingcwabo eyahlukileyo yeDuke kunye neDuchess ye-Windsor (ungaziwa njengo-Edward noNkk Simpson), bobabini abangaboniyo eBrithani iminyaka engaphezu kwe-35 (i-Duchess iminyaka engama-50) ukumkani kunye nomqabane wakhe (ukubusa kuka-Edward kwaphela ngaphantsi konyaka ngaphambi kokutshata ukutshata nomtshato waseWallis Simpson).
I-St George's Chapel: Umlando okhawulezayo
Iqonga liyinxalenye yeKholeji yaseSt George, inkolo yonqulo eyayisungulwe nguKumkani Edward III ngo-1348, ukunqula kunye, ukunikela imithandazo kuMongami kunye noMyalelo weGarter, ukubonelela ngenkonzo yoluntu kunye nokubamkela izivakalisi. Umyalelo weGarter, umdala kunye neyona ndlela ephezulu kunazo zonke yaseBrithani yokukhusela kunye nomnye kuphela okwangoku kwisipho sika-Queen, wasungulwa ngonyaka omnye.
Kubonakala ukuba uEdward waphefumulelwa ngamabali kaKumkani uArthur kunye neKtights yeLuhlu oluLuhlu oluzeleyo ukusekela i-chivalric order of knights.
Namhlanje, izakhiwo zeekholeji, ezibandakanya isikolo sokuqala kunye neendawo zokuhlala kwi-Military Knights ye-Windsor (ezifana ne-Chelsea Pensioners), zihlala kwikota yezakhiwo eWindsor Castle.
I-chapel, i-centerpiece yekholeji, yakhiwa phakathi kwe-1475 no-1528. Okokuqala eyathunyelwa nguKumkani Edward IV, yayinguKumkani Henry VIII owayalela ukuba kudalwe umculi wefestile.
Iinkqubo kunye neMitshato
Ukususela ekuqaleni kwayo, iSt George's Chapel ibe yindlu yoMyalelo weGarter. Umqhubi walo wonyaka uqhutywe ngoJuni, xa ii-knights (Abalingane boMyalelo we-Garter), begqoke iingubo ze-velvet kunye neengubo eziphangayo, ziboshwe nge-regalia egcwalayo kwaye zihamba nazo zonke i-rigmarole ye-medieval and royalantantry. Ngenye yezinto ezibalaseleyo zonyaka e-Windsor kwaye igcwalisa idolophini ngamakhulu ababukeli.
Izihlwele ziphuma kwimitshato yeenkosana kunye nabakhonkco abancinci nabancinci kwaye baye benza njalo loo mashumi eminyaka. Indodana ka-Queen Victoria endala, iNkosana yaseWales, kamva u-Edward VII, yatshata neChristina Alexandra yaseDenmark, u-Queen Queen ukhangelele engabonakaliyo kwiCatherine yeAragon Closet (ngaphezulu malunga neyo ngezantsi).
Ngoxa wayeyiNkosana, uKumperta Gustav VI uAdolph waseSweden watshata noMargaret of Connaught, umzukulu kaRaveen Victoria kunye nendodakazi yonyana wakhe wesithathu, uPrince Arthur. Ininzi yabantwana bakwa-Queen Victoria nabazukulu baqalisa ubomi babo obatshatileyo apha.
Izinto Ezozijonga Ngaphakathi
I-St George's Chapel ithathwa njengesicatshulwa sePointendicular Gothic, isakhiwo sexesha lesiXhosa sexesha elide. Ukuba awuyena oyingcali, into ethile eyenziwe-yenzeke-loo ngxaki inokungena xa ubheka kwiicawa ezininzi eziphakathi (kulula ukuzenza e-UK). Kunoko, gcina amandla akho ngaphakathi. Yilapho uza kufumana i-choel real wow factor. Qinisekisa ukuba uvumele ixesha elaneleyo xa u tyelela iWindowssor ukuyihlola. Uza kubona:
- Umtshitshisi oyingqungquthela wagqithisa ilitye, ekhangelwe kakuhle kwi-avenue ye-nave. Isibuko esicatshulwayo esibekwe kwiibhere zebhola kwisiteji sikwenza ukhangele kule ndawo yokumangalisa ngaphandle kokufumana ikhenkce entanyeni yakho okanye ucinge ukuba uwele phezulu kuwo. Ukwakheka kwaba nguHenry VIII kwongezwa kwintlanganiso,
- IWest Window, ekholelwa ukuba yintsika yesithathu ebonakalayo ebonakalayo e-England. ( IWest West Window eYork Minster yindawo enkulu kunazo zonke yeglasi ebonakalayo ehlabathini. ) Iifowuni ezingama-75 (okanye iipaneli) zatshatyalaliswa ngo-1940 ukuze zikhusele kwiibhobho zaseJamani. Bahlala kwindawo yokugcina intsalela yeWWII,
- Ukukhangela, apho imithi eveziweyo ephakathi, ihlala kwiiGarter Knights Stalls. AmaKarights kunye namaLadies ababa ngabahlobo boMyalelo bafumana i-stall kule ntlanganiso yokuphila. Iiplati zokucokisa izicatshulwa zifakwe kwi-stall kwaye ibhanki ixhomekeke ngaphezulu kwayo. Isitya se-stall sihlala emva kokuba ilungu lifa. Ngoko ke, nangona kukho amalungu angama-24 kuphela eMyalelo weGarter nganoma naluphi na ixesha, kunamakhulu emifanekiso enemibala egqityiweyo okanye eneenqwelo ezigciniweyo ezibonisa ukulungiswa ngamakhulu eminyaka. Xa wayefakwe, uNkosana uWilliam waba ilungu lewaka,
- I-Oriel Window aka i- Catherine yaseAragon I-Closet iyindawo efihliweyo, ikhuselekile nge-lattice eqoshiwe, ngaphezu kwe-Quire. UHenry VIII wayifakele umfazi wakhe wokuqala, uCatherine waseAragon, ukuze akwazi ukubukela uMyalelo weNkonzo yeGarter. Xa wayeseNdlovukazi yaseVictoria ehlala edlwengula imikhosi - kunye nemitshato - ukusuka apha,
- I-Queen's Stall , ibhokisi le-18 elihlotshiswe apho iNkosi enguMongami ikwazi ukugcina iinkonzo.
IRoyal Tombs
Amakhosi ayishumi aseBrithani, kunye nabaxhasi babo bangcwatywa ngaphakathi kwiSt George's Chapel. Qaphela:
- Ibomvu uHenry VIII, uJane Seymour-lo mfazi wesithathu-kunye noCharles I , ukumkani wamnqumla ikhanda ngo-Oliver Cromwell. Kanye kunye nomntwana usana lwe-Queen Anne, bangcwatyelwa phantsi kwe "Ledger Stone" kwindawo ephakathi.
- UKumkani George III, owalahlekelwa ngamaKoloni aseMelika kwiMfazwe yase-American Independence, wangcwatyelwa kwi-Quire.
- UKumkani Edward IV kunye no-Queen Elizabeth Woodville . Ukuba ulandele uchungechunge lweNdwendwe oyi-White Queen okanye ufunde incwadi ethi White Queen ngoFilia Gregory, uya kuvile ngo-Elizabeth Woodville. Wayengunina weeNkosana eNqabeni, othe wabulawa ngoomyalelo woKumkani uRichard III ongendawo. U-Edward kunye no-Elizabeth Woodville bangcwatyelwa kwi-North Quire Aisle.
- UKumkani George VI Memorial Chapel yiyona ndawo yokugqibela yokuphumla kwabazali bakaKumkanikazi, uElizabeth Elizabeth Queen, King George VI (mhlawumbi uye wambona INtetho kaKumkani?) Kunye nomlotha weNdlunkulu uMargaret, udade ophelileyo we-Queen.
Ukutyelela
Ngaphandle kokuba uye ekonzweni yecawa, unokundwendwela isonto likaSt George nje ngenxalenye yokutyelela kwi-Windsor Castle , ngoMvulo ukuya ngoMgqibelo. Ivalwe kwiindwendwe ngeCawa nangona unako ukuya kwiinkonzo zecawa apho. Iinkonzo zonqulo ngeCawa kwaye ngeveki zivulekile ngokukhululekile kubo bonke. Ukuya khona, khangela isayithi leSt George's Chapel kwishedyuli yeenkonzo. Emva koko xelela umlindi kwiSango lokuphuma kwinqanaba, esezantsi phantsi kweNqaba yeHlabathi esuka emnyango omkhulu. Uya kukunika umsebenzisi onokukuhambisa ngaphakathi.