Q: Which royal couple heard a sermon from Billy Graham in their private chapel on Easter Sunday?
A: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
When Billy and Ruth Graham were in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1955 for one of his Crusades, Mr. Graham recalls receiving a very special note from Buckingham Palace.
“It invited me to preach at Windsor Castle and asked Ruth and me to lunch afterward with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip,” he said.
Billy Graham accepted the invitation, and that Easter Sunday, delivered a sermon to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in their private chapel at the Royal Lodge.
After the meeting, Billy Graham would only say, “Good manners do not permit one to discuss the details of a private visit with Her Majesty, but I can say that I judge her to be a woman of rare modesty and character.” He also commented, “I made a pledge to remember the Queen and her family every day in my prayers.”
—Paraphrased from Just As I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham
