In normal times, royal funerals in the UK can match the scale of royal weddings, but the Duke of Edinburgh’s ceremony will be one of the smallest send-offs of a senior member of the British monarchy in living memory.
Just 30 people will be permitted in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle due to Covid-19 restrictions – something that is likely to suit Philip, who never wanted a large affair.
It will be dwarfed by that of Diana, Princess of Wales – which had 2,000 attendees in Westminster Abbey – and more than one million people lining the route taken by the cortege.
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