The Prince of Wales personally thanked some of the soldiers who took part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral today, saying they ‘did his father proud.' Prince Charles, 72, was undertaking his first official engagement since Prince Philip’s funeral service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, last month, visiting the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards at Combermere Baracks, also in Windsor, in his role as Colonel of the Regiment. Twenty men were picked to represent the regiment in the Windsor Castle quadrangle in honour of the duke, who had previously served as Colonel from 1953 until 1975, when his son took over.