On a sunny Saturday afternoon, the royal family came together to remember Prince Philip with an intricate funeral that he planned himself. Representatives of the many military branches he lent support to during his life were arrayed in the Windsor Castle quadrangle, before his coffin . He was followed by his children, Princess Anne, Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward, along with his grandson, Prince Harry, Prince William, and Peter Phillips, nephew David Linley, Earl of Snowdon, and Anne’s husband Timothy Laurence.
Meanwhile, other members of the family arrived at St. George’s Chapel to take their seats for the socially distanced service. The guest list was limited to 30 mourners due to the coronavirus pandemic. Zara Tindall, Mike Tindall, Princess Eugenie, Jack Brooksbank, Princess Beatrice, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Kate Middleton, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall were among the guests who watched the procession as it arrived at the chapel.
Queen Elizabeth followed in the State Bentley, one the first times that she has ever gone after her husband over their 73 years of marriage. “After a lifetime of keeping two paces behind the queen, the duke takes precedence for the first and last time,” said the BBC presenter Huw Edwards during the broadcaster’s coverage of the procession from the castle to the chapel.
Kate Middleton arrives at St. George’s Chapel.
Floral tributes to Prince Philip on the castle grounds.
Sophie, Countess of Wessex arrives at St. George’s Chapel.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrives at the chapel.
The custom-designed Land Rover arrives in the Windsor Castle quadrangle.
A horse-drawn carriage bears a cap and gloves belonging to Philip, who was an avid carriage driver in life.
Philip’s coffin, covered in his personal standard, is loaded into the Land Rover. The wreath of white roses and lilies was selected by the queen.
The procession leaves from Windsor Castle.
Grandsons Peter Phillips, Prince William, and Prince Harry follow the Land Rover.
The queen arrives at the chapel in the State Bentley, wearing Queen Mary’s Richmond Brooch.
Prince Andrew, Prince Harry, and Prince Edward arrive at the chapel, wearing military medals and other honors.
Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie arrive at the chapel.
Members of the family watch the procession.
Kate arrives at the chapel wearing pearl drop earrings borrowed from the queen, which she also wore at the celebration of the queen and Philip’s 70th wedding anniversary.
Philip’s cousin Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, arrives for the service.
Princess Anne arrives at the chapel.
The queen sits alone before the service begins.
The party of Royal Marines bearing the casket pause for a national minute of silence.
The coffin is carried into the chapel.
Queen Elizabeth watches as the pallbearers carry the coffin inside St. George’s Chapel.
Kate and William during the service, next to Edward, Sophie, and their two children, James, Viscount Severn, and Lady Louise Windsor.
Prince Harry watches the service.
Charles and Camilla during the service.
Edoardo Mapelli-Mozzi and Princess Beatrice during the service.
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