Old travel Blog photograph of the Royal Pew in Crathie Kirk, best known for being the regular place of worship of the British Royal Family when they are holidaying at nearby Balmoral Castle, Scotland. Crathie Kirk's south transept is reserved for royal use. Crathie has been a place of Christian worship since the 9th century when a church was founded on the banks of the River Dee by Saint Manire, Bishop of Aberdeenshire and Banff, and a follower of Saint Columba, the pioneer of Christianity in Scotland. A later church was built at the current site in 1804. Queen Victoria worshipped there from 1848, and every British monarch since has worshipped at Crathie Kirk. Victoria laid the foundation stone for a new, much larger, church in 1893. Victoria's decision to worship at Carthie Kirk initially caused a scandal, particularly when it was discovered that she had received communion there. As Supreme Governor of the Anglican Church of England, it was expected that she would worship in the Scottish Episcopal Church, which recognised the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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