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The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh will take place on Saturday, April 17, 2021, at 3:00 PM British Time (10:00 AM US Eastern Time) at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle in Windsor, England. It will be a ceremonial royal funeral, the same as for Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997 and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 2002, rather than a state funeral which is usually reserved for monarchs. Unofficial Royalty will be publishing an article about the funeral over the weekend.
In the United States, the following channels will be showing the funeral:
- ABC – coverage starts at 9:30 AM US Eastern Time
- CNN – coverage starts at 9:00 AM US Eastern Time
- MSNBC – coverage starts at 9:00 AM US Eastern Time
- Telemundo (Spanish language channel) – coverage starts at 9:00 AM US Eastern Time
The funeral service itself will start at 3:00 PM British Time (10:00 AM US Eastern Time). However, prior to the funeral service, there will be a procession from Windsor Castle the short distance to St. George’s Chapel which will start at 2:45 PM British Time (9:45 AM US Eastern Time). A military band, members of the military, The Duke of Edinburgh’s children (The Prince of Wales, The Princess Royal, The Duke of York and The Earl of Wessex), his three eldest grandsons (The Duke of Cambridge, The Duke of Sussex and Peter Phillips), his son-in-law Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, and the late Princess Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon will accompany the coffin of The Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen will travel with a lady-in-waiting in the state Bentley at the end of the procession.
Although St. George’s Chapel can seat 800 people, due to COVID restrictions, there can be only 30 guests at the funeral. Buckingham Palace said The Queen faced some very difficult decisions in selecting the guests and wanted all branches of her husband’s family to be represented.
- The Queen: wife of The Duke of Edinburgh
- The Prince of Wales: eldest son of The Duke of Edinburgh
- The Duchess of Cornwall: wife of The Prince of Wales
- The Duke of Cambridge: grandson of The Duke of Edinburgh
- The Duchess of Cambridge: wife of The Duke of Cambridge
- The Duke of Sussex: grandson of The Duke of Edinburgh
- The Duke of York: second son of The Duke of Edinburgh
- Princess Beatrice, Mrs. Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi: granddaughter of The Duke of Edinburgh
- Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi; husband of Princess Beatrice, Mrs. Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
- Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank: granddaughter of The Duke of Edinburgh
- Jack Brooksbank: husband of Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank
- The Earl of Wessex: third son of The Duke of Edinburgh
- The Countess of Wessex: wife of The Earl of Wessex
- Lady Louise Windsor: granddaughter of The Duke of Edinburgh
- Viscount Severn: grandson of The Duke of Edinburgh
- The Princess Royal: only daughter of The Duke of Edinburgh
- Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence: husband of The Princess Royal
- Peter Phillips: grandson of The Duke of Edinburgh
- Zara Tindall: granddaughter of The Duke of Edinburgh
- Mike Tindall: husband of Zara Phillips
- David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon: son of the late Princess Margaret, nephew of The Queen
- Lady Sarah Chatto: daughter of the late Princess Margaret, niece of The Queen
- Daniel Chatto: husband of Lady Sarah Chatto
- The Duke of Gloucester: paternal first cousin of The Queen
- The Duke of Kent: paternal first cousin of The Queen
- Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy: paternal first cousin of The Queen
- Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma: wife of Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma who is the grandson of Prince Philip’s uncle Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who was killed by the IRA in 1979. The Countess was Prince Philip’s carriage driving partner and one of his closest friends.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s four sisters will be represented by members of the House of Baden, the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and the House of Hesse.
Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden: Heir to the Head of the House of Baden, great-nephew of The Duke of Edinburgh, son of Maximilian, Margrave of Baden who is the son of The Duke of Edinburgh’s sister Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark and Berthold, Margrave of Baden
Philipp, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg: Head of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, great-nephew of The Duke of Edinburgh, son of Kraft, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg who is the son of The Duke of Edinburgh’s sister Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark and Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Prince Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse: Head of the House of Hesse, into which The Duke of Edinburgh’s sisters Princess Cecile of Greece and Denmark and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark married. Via their mutual descent from Queen Victoria, Donatus is the third cousin twice removed of both The Duke of Edinburgh and The Queen. Cecilie married Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (son of Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine who was a grandson of Queen Victoria via her daughter Alice). Sophie first married Prince Christoph of Hesse (son of Princess Margarete of Prussia who was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria via her daughter Victoria, Princess Royal). After Christoph died in World War II, Sophie married Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover who was a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria via her daughter Victoria, Princess Royal.