Dressed in a green ensemble, the Monarch, 95, donned the Grima Ruby Brooch, which was a personal gift to her from her husban, one of the few modern pieces added to her jewellery collection.
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April 16, 2021 Prince Philip leaves after attending the funeral service of the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Patricia Knatchbull at St Paul s Church in Knightsbridge, London on June 27, 2017. (Photo by Matt Dunham / POOL / AFP)
Prince Philip, who died on April 9 at age 99, is getting the private funeral he wanted. Instead of the pomp and ceremony of a grand public funeral, such as that given to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 2002, his funeral will be a “royal ceremonial” one at St. George’s Chapel on Saturday at 3 p.m. (10 a.m. EDT, though live coverage of the events before the service will begin earlier on all news channels in Canada as well as the royal family’s YouTube channel). Although Prince Philip helped plan his own funeral, some of those arrangements have been adapted to deal with pandemic restrictions. To discourage the public from gathering, the entire ceremony