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THE CHIEF RESIDENCE OF THE ENGLISH SOVEREIGN: FAMOUS WINDSOR CASTLE VIEWED FROM THE AIR A new aerial photograph of Windsor Castle showing St. George's Chapel in the foreground. St. George a Chapel is one of the-- finest examples o\ Perpendicular architecture in England and ranks next to Westminster Abbey as a Royal mausoleum. Windsor Castle was hnt erected by William the Conqueror in the 1 Ith century and was reconstructed and added to by succeeding monarchs the castle became, in the reign of Henry VIII., as it is to-day. In the centre can be seen the round tower and its flag turret from which the Union Jack or the Royal Standard is hoisted according as the King is absent or present.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21314, 15 October 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)

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THE CHIEF RESIDENCE OF THE ENGLISH SOVEREIGN: FAMOUS WINDSOR CASTLE VIEWED FROM THE AIR A new aerial photograph of Windsor Castle showing St. George's Chapel in the foreground. St. George a Chapel is one of the-- finest examples o\ Perpendicular architecture in England and ranks next to Westminster Abbey as a Royal mausoleum. Windsor Castle was hnt erected by William the Conqueror in the 1 Ith century and was reconstructed and added to by succeeding monarchs the castle became, in the reign of Henry VIII., as it is to-day. In the centre can be seen the round tower and its flag turret from which the Union Jack or the Royal Standard is hoisted according as the King is absent or present. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21314, 15 October 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE CHIEF RESIDENCE OF THE ENGLISH SOVEREIGN: FAMOUS WINDSOR CASTLE VIEWED FROM THE AIR A new aerial photograph of Windsor Castle showing St. George's Chapel in the foreground. St. George a Chapel is one of the-- finest examples o\ Perpendicular architecture in England and ranks next to Westminster Abbey as a Royal mausoleum. Windsor Castle was hnt erected by William the Conqueror in the 1 Ith century and was reconstructed and added to by succeeding monarchs the castle became, in the reign of Henry VIII., as it is to-day. In the centre can be seen the round tower and its flag turret from which the Union Jack or the Royal Standard is hoisted according as the King is absent or present. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21314, 15 October 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)