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The male members of the family instead wore morning coats and medals.
The decision reportedly spared Prince Harry from not being allowed to wear a uniform.
Senior male members of the royal family did not wear military uniforms while mourning Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, at his funeral on Saturday, April 17.
This break in tradition saw the men wearing morning coats and medals as they walked behind Philip s coffin to the service that took place in St George s Chapel, Windsor.
The Guardian reports that the decision was made to equalize members of the family in light of Prince Harry stepping back as a senior royal in March 2020 and giving up his honorary military titles, as he faced being one of the only male senior royals not wearing a uniform.
He was originally named Philippos Andreou Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
Before becoming Duke of Edinburgh to marry Queen Elizabeth, he was a prince of Greece and Denmark.
Prince Philip, who died aged 99 last week, had an unusual start to life when his mother gave birth to him on a dining table in their villa on the Greek island of Corfu in 1921.
Born Philippos Andreou Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg on June 10, 1921, he was a European royal in his own right before he became Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and married Queen Elizabeth II in 1947.
Philip was the fifth child and only son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, and his maternal grandmother, Princess Victoria of Hesse, Queen Victoria s grandmother, making him and Elizabeth II third cousins.
LONDON, April 15 The British royals are all to wear civilian clothing at Prince Philip’s funeral to avoid awkwardness over which princes are entitled to military uniform, British media reported today. The Duke of Edinburgh, who died last Friday, will be buried on Saturday at Windsor Castle,.
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Wardens stand outside Windsor castle, after Britain’s Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, died at the age of 99, in Windsor April 15, 2021. Reuters pic
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WINDSOR, April 15 Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has stepped in to settle a problem over what senior royals should wear to her husband’s funeral, because of concerns about whether Prince Harry and Prince Andrew should wear military uniforms, media reported today.
Prince Philip died aged 99 last week and his funeral will be held at Windsor Castle on Saturday. Traditionally at such formal occasions, members of the royal family wear military uniforms, often reflecting honorary titles they hold.