Duke of Edinburgh s funeral to pay tribute to his military service
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15 April 2021 • 5:01pm
The Duke of Edinburgh s funeral ceremony will pay tribute to his long military service, with detachments from the Royal Navy and other units connected to him taking part.
The honour of carrying the Duke s coffin into St George s Chapel, Windsor, will go to the Royal Marines, of which he was Captain General.
The Band of the Grenadier Guards will lead the funeral procession from the State Entrance of Windsor Castle in the quadrangle – which will be lined with members of the Household Cavalry and the Foot Guards – to St George s Chapel, with the heads of the different branches of the armed forces walking in front of the hearse.
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Boris Johnson will not attend the Duke of Edinburgh s funeral to allow for the attendance of as many family members as possible during coronavirus restrictions, No 10 has said.
The Prime Minister was understood to have been expected to attend the ceremony but offered to step aside with the number of guests allowed limited to 30.
The Duke s funeral will take place in Windsor Castle on April 17, but it will be unlike typical royal send-offs, with the public being told to stay away because of the pandemic.
The country will hold a minute s silence when the Duke of Edinburgh is carried to his funeral next week, on a specially-modified Land Rover he helped design.
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The ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 17 in line with national coronavirus guidelines, with a procession taking the coffin from the state entrance of Windsor Castle, through the Quadrangle and into St George’s Chapel
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