The choir consists of six Gentlemen-in-Ordinary, who are professional singers, and ten Children of the Chapel, boy choristers who hold scholarships at City of London School.

The choir’s principal duty is to sing the weekly choral service in one of the two Chapels at St James’s Palace on Sunday mornings (Holy Communion on the First Sunday of the month, Choral Matins on the other Sundays) and on the major feasts of the Christian year.

Members of the public are extremely welcome to attend these services: on Sundays these begin at 11.15am. There are no choral services in August and September. The distinctive State uniforms worn by the Children date from the reign of Charles II.

For more information on Choristerships, click here.

More history on the Chapel Royal can be found here.