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In the back of the State Bentley with the Queen was her lady-in-waiting, Lady Susan Hussey, 82. She has worked for Her Majesty since 1960 when she became Woman of the Bed Chamber. She was married to Marmaduke Hussey, the longest-serving chairman of the BBC, who died in 2006. She is also the sister of former Tory Minister William Waldegrave.
One of the pall bearers was Lieutenant General Sir James Hockenhull, 56. He has served in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan. With more than 33 years of professional intelligence experience, he has worked with the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and Cyber and Intelligence.
Philip’s personal standard, draped over his coffin, is split into quarters to represent different elements of his life: three lions and nine hearts, taken from the Danish coat of arms; a white cross on a blue background taken from Greece’s national flag; black and white stripes representing the Mountbatten family and Edinburgh Castle.