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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2020
The Chapel Royal was Elizabeth's own private choir. It did not sing in one place only, but accompanied her whenever she was in residence at any of her palaces in or near London, except Windsor Castle, where the chapel ranked as a royal peculiar and had its own choir.
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