Traditional, religious, no fuss: What Prince Philip s funeral tells us about him
17 Apr, 2021 01:38 AM
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Prince Philip has passed away at the age of 99, after battling health problems for the last few years.
Prince Philip has passed away at the age of 99, after battling health problems for the last few years.
Daily Telegraph UK
By: Gordon Rayner
The Duke of Edinburgh distilled his own personality into a stripped-down funeral service by choosing simplicity, tradition and piety over sentimentality, extravagance or vanity.
Prince Philip, a deep and devout religious thinker, believed his funeral should glorify God, rather than himself, insisting there should be no eulogy, or even a sermon.
In praise of the St George s Chapel choristers
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Traditional, religious and no fuss: What Prince Philip s funeral tells us about him
The Duke of Edinburgh, a deep and devout religious thinker, believed his funeral should glorify God rather than himself
16 April 2021 • 10:30pm
Prince Philip waves to well-wishers as he leaves following the Royal family Christmas Day church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham on December 25, 2012
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Prince Philip, a deep and devout religious thinker, believed his funeral should glorify God, rather than himself, insisting there should be no eulogy, or even a sermon.
The Queen once remarked that her husband did not “take easily to compliments”, and even in death he made sure there would be no opportunity for acclamation.