3-085-922 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Confirmation of Princess Margaret of Connaught in the Private Chapel, Windsor Castle..., 1898. '...by the Bishop of Winchester. The private chapel at Windsor Castle was the scene of a simple yet impressive service on Saturday last, when Princess Margaret of Connaught, eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, was confirmed by the Bishop of Winchester. The Queen, of course, was present at the service, and with her Majesty sat the Princess of Wales, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess Henry of Battenberg, and Princess Victoria Eugenie, while on the other side of the chapel aisle were the Duchess of Connaught, with Prince Arthur and Princess Victoria Patricia of Connaught, Prince Christian, and Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. The Duke of Connaught led his daughter to the altar steps, where she knelt to receive the solemn rite. The opening portion of the service was performed by the Rev. J. H. Ellison, Vicar of Windsor, and the Bishop of Winchester gave an address before performing the sacred office of the laying on of hands. Two hymns and Gounod's setting of the Lord's Prayer were sung by the choir of St. George's Chapel, Sir Walter Parratt playing the organ'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.