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Royal Peculiars of the present day are:

• The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster (Westminster Abbey)
• St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle (The Sovereign's Free Chapel of St George in the Sovereign's Castle of Windsor), along with the Royal Chapel of All Saints, Windsor
• The chapels associated with the Chapel Royal:
  • The Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace
  • The Queen's Chapel, St James's Palace
  • The Chapel Royal, Hampton Court
  • The Chapel of St John the Evangelist in the Tower of London
  • The Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London

• The Royal Foundation of St Katharine, In Ratcliffe, London

• The Queen's Chapel of the Savoy The Savoy Chapel has never been a Chapel Royal or a Royal Peculiar in the usual sense. It is a private chapel of the sovereign in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, exempt from any Bishop's jurisdiction but firmly within the Church of England.

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The following chapels if the Inns of Court are extra-diocesan, and therefore peculiars, but not Royal.

• The Peculiar of the Temple Church of St Mary
• The Peculiar of Lincoln's Inn
• The Peculiar of Gray's Inn

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See also

• Enclave
• Extra-parochial area

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External links and references

• Diocese of London - Cathedral and Royal Peculiars
• Report of Review Group on the Royal Peculiars 2001