The Duke’s four children will walk alongside his coffin at Prince Philip’s funeral on Saturday
Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and Princess Anne, as well as grandsons Princes William and Harry, will walk alongside a modified Land Rover hearse to St George’s Chapel in Windsor.
The guest list for the service includes 30 people, with three German relatives.
Those attending will be in morning coats with medals, or day dress, but not wear military uniform.
The congregation will put on masks and socially distance in line with Covid lockdown rules, with the Queen seated alone.
This comes after members of the Royal Family will break with the usual tradition and not wear their military uniforms at the funeral for the Duke of Edinburgh. It is understood that the Queen approved this move, which means that Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Andrew will be wearing suits to Saturday’s ceremony.
The details of Prince Philip’s ceremonial royal funeral at the chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle at 15:00 BST were released by Buckingham Palace.
A Palace spokesman said the plans have been modified to take into account current public health guidelines, but the ceremonial aspects of the day and the service remain in line with the duke’s wishes.
He said the service will be reflection of Prince Philip’s military affiliations and personal elements of his life.
The duke’s association with the Royal Navy will be reflected, with buglers of the Royal Marines sounding Action Stations – a signal that all hands should be ready for battle – during the service.
Buckingham Palace said the Queen faced “some very difficult” decisions in selecting the guests permitted under Covid rules, from plans for a 800-strong congregation, adding she wanted all branches of the duke’s family to be represented.
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, died at Windsor Castle on Friday 9 April aged 99.
His body is now resting in the private chapel at Windsor Castle.
On the day of the funeral, the coffin will be moved from the private chapel to the State Entrance of Windsor Castle. It will then be placed into a modified Land Rover, that Prince Philip himself helped design, to the be carried the short distance to St George’s Chapel.
The pallbearers will walk in a line behind their grandfather’s coffin.
This comes after the Queen has returned to her royal duties four days following the Duke of Edinburgh’s death. The monarch hosted an audience with Earl Peel as he formally stood down as Lord Chamberlain.
The Queen will travel in the state Bentley in the procession, behind the family members on foot, before entering by a side door to the chapel.
The other guests include the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge, all of the duke’s grandchildren and their spouses, the children of the Queen’s sister Princess Margaret, and Bernhard, the Hereditary Prince of Baden; Donatus, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse; and Prince Philipp of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, previously known as Lady Romsey and Lady Brabourne, who was Philip’s carriage driving partner and one of his closest friends will also be in attendance.
The 67-year-old countess is the wife of Earl Mountbatten, Norton Knatchbull – the grandson of Prince Philip’s beloved uncle the 1st Earl Mountbatten, who was killed by the IRA in 1979.
The 30 people attending the funeral
- The Queen
- The Prince of Wales
- The Duchess of Cornwall
- The Duke of Cambridge
- The Duchess of Cambridge
- The Duke of Sussex
- The Duke of York
- Princess Beatrice
- Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
- Princess Eugenie
- Jack Brooksbank
- The Earl of Wessex
- The Countess of Wessex
- Lady Louise Windsor
- Viscount Severn
- The Princess Royal
- Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence
- Peter Phillips
- Zara Phillips
- Mike Tindall
- Earl of Snowdon
- Lady Sarah Chatto
- Daniel Chatto
- Duke of Gloucester
- Duke of Kent
- Princess Alexandra
- Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden
- Prince Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse
- Prince Philipp of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- The Countess Mountbatten of Burma
