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The death of a monarch’s spouse would usually be followed by a funeral complete with much pomp and ceremony – particularly when one considers that the late Duke of Edinburgh, who passed away on 9 April, was the longest-serving royal consort in history. Yet under the exceptional circumstances of the ongoing pandemic, the event is set to be quite a departure from royal tradition, with just 30 mourners in attendance – as opposed to the 800 expected under original plans.
The day after Philip died aged 99, Buckingham Palace released details of the funeral, which were further added to on Thursday 15 April. Due to take place at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, on Saturday 17 April, it will feature elements such as military Pall Bearers and a ‘small Ceremonial Procession’, made up of ‘members of the Royal Family and The Duke of Edinburgh’s Household’. The Palace announced that the service itself will be ‘attended by Her Majesty The Queen and Mem
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When he was a suitor for the then Princess Elizabeth, much was made of Prince Philip of Greece and Denmarkâs âforeignâ-ness. Despite growing up in England and being schooled in Scotland at Gordonstoun, Philip was still seen as an outsider in some circles, leading to the decision to naturalise him as a British citizen ahead of the Royal Wedding, removing his Greek and Danish titles. Yet as well as his Danish heritage (his family had inherited the Greek throne but were not actually Greeks), he was also German through his motherâs side, as Princess Alice of Battenberg was a Hessian Princess.
Revealed: Prince Philip was helping to write a book in his final days about his sister s German hunting lodge home
Philip had completed a foreword to a history of Wolfsgarten researched and written by his nephew, son of his sister Sophie who d lived at the country estate
Duke s foreword pays tribute to Hesse family s 18th Century hunting lodge near Frankfurt and a place which he had been visiting since childhood
Despite large age gap and being sent away to school in England from seven, he remained close to his four older sisters - Margarita, Theodora, Cecilie and Sophie
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