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How Philip painstakingly planned his own funeral

Prince Philip chose which of his regalia will be displayed on funeral altar including his RAF wings, Field Marshal s baton and the Order of the Elephant Duke personally selected the regalia that will be on the altar for his funeral at St George s Chapel, Windsor The Buglers of the Royal Marines will sound  Action Stations in the ceremony and the Last Post will be played Action Stations is a series of short, sharp notes that acts a call to actions to sailors aboard naval warships  Details shows the incredible planning the Duke put into the poignant day, prior to his death aged 99 on Friday

Prince Philip s glittering military career

Duty to the country, and the Queen: How war hero Prince Philip was honoured for saving battleship from Nazi bombers during action-packed military career. that he gave up when he married Monarch The Duke of Edinburgh joined the Royal Navy in 1939 and had risen to rank of First Lieutenant by 1942 He saw action in the Battle of Crete and the conflict at Cape Matapan off the coast of Greece Prince Philip was also there at Tokyo Bay in September 1945 when Japanese forces surrendered to the Allies Philip also trained to be a pilot with the RAF and completed 5,986 hours by the time he stopped flying in 1997 

Prince Philip s early years - Childhood tragedy to the Queen s greatest consort

Prince Philip’s early years - Childhood tragedy to the Queen’s greatest consort Robert Jobson Prince Philip, who has died at the age of 99, had something of nomadic childhood. The future Queen’s consort was born on a dining-room table at his family’s villa on Corfu on June 10, 1921. His mother, a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, was Princess Alice of Battenberg, whose family took the name Mountbatten. His father Andrew, a major-general in the Greek army, was the son of George I, a former Danish prince who was installed as king of Greece in 1863 and assassinated in 1913. Andrew had left Athens to take up his command the day before the birth and did not see his only son for months.

Prince Philip dies aged 99 after life of service to Queen and country

Prince Philip dead at 99: Queen announces with deep sorrow that husband the Duke of Edinburgh passed away peacefully at Windsor Castle this morning - three weeks after he finished 28-night hospital stay for infection and heart surgery Her Majesty announced death of her husband of 73 years at midday today and joins the world in mourning Philip was in Windsor after being treated for an infection and pre-existing heart condition for 28 nights Duke of Edinburgh had kept a low profile since conducting his final solo public engagement in August 2017  After retiring, Philip spent much of his time at Windsor and at Queen s private Sandringham estate in Norfolk

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