Military personnel will line the route of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral procession. Will Prince Philip have a state funeral? "We therefore pray that God will give us grace to follow his example and that, with our brother Philip, at the last, we shall know the joys of life eternal.". This vision for a British utility vehicle to rival the renowned American Jeep was just a few months before the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey. The only public comment Prince Philip ever made about his part in safeguarding the monarchy was characteristic in its brusqueness: “All I’ll say is I’ve tried to help keep it going while I’ve been here.”. Joe Little, the managing editor of Majesty magazine, told the PA news agency that the send-off proved fitting "in the most difficult circumstances": After his funeral today, the Duke of Edinburgh was privately interred in the Royal Vault of St George's Chapel - but this will not be his final resting place. The Duke's coffin is lowered into the Land Rover, The coffin is covered with the Duke's Personal Standard, The Duke's cap and gloves on the carriage at Windsor Castle, The modified Jaguar Land Rover that will carry the coffin of the Duke of Edinburgh arrives for his funeral, Royal Marines and members of the Foot Guards lining what will be the procession route, Soldiers outside the Windsor Castle ahead of the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh, Guardsmen taking their positions during the funeral service. Her mother Jean said they had also made their journey to support the Queen. They had to get up at 6.30am to drive about 88 miles to Windsor from Bournemouth. Zara Philips and Mike Tindall have also arrived. “We are very loyal to her. The first glimpse of the Royal family is seen. Separately, MPs and peers wrote to The Telegraph to urge Boris Johnson "to undertake a full cost-benefit analysis" for a new Royal Yacht Britannia. Sir Nicholas, a former Conservative MP, said: "I first met him when I was a boy, 12 years-old, and I have to say it's one of the great privileges of my life that I had the chance to know him a little bit. Prince Philip was born on a kitchen table in Corfu at villa ‘Mon Repos’ (the Greek royals’ summer home) on June 10, 1921. He accepted that the main purpose of his life after 1952 was “to support Her Majesty as best I could”, but was not going to discuss his ‘feelings’ about her with me or anyone else. inews.co.uk - Alex Finnis • 46m. The Duke of Edinburgh’s early nautical prowess was captured in photographs from his school days that have never previously been seen. Eternal Father, Strong To Save was sung in 1979 at the funeral of Earl Mountbatten of Burma. "The many tributes paid to the Duke of Edinburgh in recent days have shown the depth of his contribution to public life over more than 70 years as well as his longstanding ties to Scotland. She was introduced to the DofE award while at Lonsdale School in Stevenage, which teaches students with physical and neurological impairments, and she found that taking part changed the way she saw herself. For your complete guide on how the day will unfold, click here. William and Harry, whose troubled relationship has been well documented, will be separated by cousin Peter Phillips as they walk in a line behind their grandfather's coffin on Saturday. They were prayers well-known to Prince Philip’s mother, Princess Alice, who became a Greek Orthodox nun, and to his great-aunt, Grand Duchess Elizabeth, murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1917 and later canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church. The Duke chose to include the Order of the Elephant and the Order of the Redeemer, insignia from Denmark and Greece respectively. 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