Queen Elizabeth II’s husband Prince Philip will be laid to rest today (April 17) at Saint George’s Chapel in Windsor. The 99-year-old Duke of Edinburgh passed away on April 9, 2020.
The funeral ceremony will just have 30 guests in attendance, in line with government COVID-19 regulations. Heir to the throne Charles, his wife Camilla, and the monarch’s three other children and eight grandchildren, as well as all their spouses, will be among those present.
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Attendees including the Queen will be required to wear face masks, sit apart and observe COVID-19 social distancing rules.
Queen Elizabeth will be accompanied to the venue in the state Bentley by a lady-in-waiting, before sitting alone in the chapel.
Furthermore, William and Harry will not walk side by side in the procession, Buckingham Palace has revealed, giving traction to reports of rifts between the two. According to details, Princess Anne’s son, Peter Philips, is positioned between them and William will move ahead of his younger brother as the royal mourners enter in pairs.
Meanwhile, here is the full list of mourners who will attend the funeral of Prince Philip at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle:
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Prince Charles, eldest child of the queen and Prince Philip
- Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Charles’ wife
- Princess Anne, second child of the queen and Prince Philip
- Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence, Anne’s husband
- Prince Andrew, third child of the queen and Prince Philip
- Prince Edward, youngest child of the queen and Prince Philip
- Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Edward’s wife
- Lady Louise Windsor, Edward and Sophie’s daughter
- James, Viscount Severn, Edward and Sophie’s son
- Prince William, eldest son of Charles and the late Princess Diana
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, William’s wife
- Prince Harry, younger son of Charles and Diana
- Peter Phillips, son of Princess Anne and her first husband Mark Phillips
- Zara Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips
- Mike Tindall, Zara’s husband
- Princess Beatrice, elder daughter of Prince Andrew and ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York
- Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Beatrice’s husband
- Princess Eugenie, younger daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah
- Jack Brooksbank, Eugenie’s husband
- Lady Sarah Chatto, daughter of the queen’s late sister Princess Margaret
- Daniel Chatto, husband of Lady Sarah Chatto
- David Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, son of Princess Margaret
- Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, a cousin of the queen
- Edward, Duke of Kent, a cousin of the queen
- Princess Alexandra, a cousin of the queen
- Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden, a German great-nephew of Prince Philip
- Prince Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse, a German cousin of Prince Philip
- Prince Philipp of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a German great-nephew of Prince Philip
- Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, a friend of Prince Philip, married to the grandson of Philip’s uncle Lord Mountbatten
