The chapel was commissioned by Elizabeth II in 1962 as a burial place for her father, George VI, and was completed in 1969.

The first was that the Queen's eldest son, Prince Charles, be prepared for confirmation, and the second was that a specific resting place be found for her father, King George VI.

[3] She also disliked the idea of a marble chest tomb with life-sized effigies that were typically commissioned for the remains of monarchs and preferred simple slabs inlaid into the floor.

It involved the construction of a small rectangular chantry into the north wall of the nave to a design by Paul Paget and John Seely, 2nd Baron Mottistone.

[3] The chapel stands between two of the external buttresses of the north wall of the quire,[4] and it is made from stone from Clipsham[4] in Rutland.

The red and blue stained-glass windows of the chapel were designed by John Piper and made by Patrick Reyntiens.

[5] George's remains were transferred to the newly constructed memorial chapel, named in his honour, on 24 March 1969.

[3] Margaret was the first member of the British royal family to be cremated since Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, in 1939.

Carved on the edges of Margaret's tombstone is an epitaph written by Margaret herself:[10] We thank thee Lord who by thy spirit doth our faith restore When we with worldly things commune & prayerless close our door We lose our precious gift divine to worship and adore Then thou our Saviour, fill our hearts to love thee evermore On 19 September 2022, in a private service attended only by members of the royal family, Elizabeth II was interred beneath the memorial chapel following her state funeral at Westminster Abbey earlier that day.

[11] After their interments, a replacement ledger stone with an additional metal star of the Order of the Garter between the couples' names was put into the floor of the chapel.