A nine-year-old who has special needs and is paralysed from the chest down donned a bowler hat, shirt and tie at home to mark the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral. Noah Wall, from Carlisle, Cumbria, has severe spina bifida and special needs as a result of a rare condition which meant he was born with just a small part of his brain. Noah is a patron of Variety, the Children’s Charity, which Philip co-founded, and said he felt “proud to be British” watching the funeral. “Today is a sad day as it’s Prince Philip’s funeral, I feel very sad also for my Queen, but I also feel proud to be British too,” Noah told the PA news agency.