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FROGMORE , a mansion within the royal demesne of Windsor,See also: England, in the Home See also: Park, r m
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S.E. of Windsor See also: Castle
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It was occupied by See also: George III.'s See also: queen, See also: Charlotte, and later by the duchess of Kent, See also: mother of Queen See also: Victoria, who died here in 1861
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The mansion, a plain See also: building facing a small lake, has in its grounds the See also: mausoleum of the duchess of Kent and the royal mausoleum
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The first is a circular building surrounded with Ionic columns and rising in a dome, a See also: lower chamber within containing the See also: tomb, while in the upper chamber is a statue of the duchess
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There is also a bust of Princess See also: Hohenlohe-Langenberg, See also: half-See also: sister of Queen Victoria; and before the entrance is a
1876), wife of Dean See also: Stanley
.
The royal mausoleum, a cruciform building with a central octagonal lantern, richly adorned within with See also: marbles and mosaics, was erected (1862—1870) by Queen Victoria over the tomb of See also: Albert, See also: prince See also: consort, by whose See also: side the queen herself was buried in 19or
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There are also memorials to Princess Alice and Prince Leopold in the mausoleum
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To the See also: south of the mansion are the royal gardens and See also: dairy
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