About us

Established in 2008, The Queen’s Six was formed 450 years after the accession to the throne of Elizbeth I. Elizabethan music is a cornerstone of the Queen’s Six’s repertoire but the Royal connection extends beyond this; the group having been founded by members of the St George’s Chapel Choir, Windsor Castle. Recent performances as part of the St George’s Chapel choir include the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018; the funeral of HRH Prince Philip in 2021 ; the Committal (burial) service for Elizabeth II in 2022 and most recently, in October 2025, a service in the Sistine Chaple with Pope Leo XIV, King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Singing at such prestigious occasions is ample preparation for performing to the most exclusive audiences but it is the ritualistic act of daily services and co-habitation within the Castle walls that lends the Queen’s Six its distinctive vocal blend, as well as an unquantifiable informality and charm. Originally established to satisfy a demand for ‘after dinner entertainment’ at Castle events, The Queen’s Six has gone on to tour the World whilst maintaining its original brief, to delight and entertain audiences through a broad range of repertoire: from sublime sacred polyphony, challenging contemporary classical music, lewd madrigals and haunting folk songs to upbeat jazz and pop arrangements. This formula has seen the group performing in a wide variety of venues, from London’s Cadogan Hall, the Baroque Opera House of Bayreuth, New York’s Town Hall and Met Cloisters as well as modern, ‘state of the art’ concert halls such as the NFM in Wroclaw, Poland. The group has had international press coverage including TV appearances in Canada, Lithuania and in the USA where they featured on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as well as CBS Sunday Morning. The Queen’s Six’s recorded output includes British Folk songs, Hispanic Renaissance music, satirical ditties by Tom Lehrer and 80s pop ballads. 2026 marks a return to the Queen’s Six’s roots with a new album of liturgical music, “Troubled Times: Music and Espionage in Renaissance England” in collaboration with the Rose Consort of Viols and produced by Signum Records.