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Why Prince Philip s funeral will be a royal ceremony like no other
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Queen left handwritten note on Prince Philip’s coffin Ellie Abraham © Provided by The Independent
The Queen left a handwritten note on the coffin of Prince Philip as he was buried yesterday at a funeral service in Windsor.
The Duke of Edinburgh died peacefully at home on 9 April in Windsor Castle at the age of 99.
He was married to the Queen for 73 years and had been by her side in duty since she first took to the throne in 1952. The pair first met as children and married in 1947.
At his funeral, a wreath was laid on the duke’s coffin, which included a handwritten note by the Queen in which she signed off using Prince Philip’s pet name for her – “Lilibet”.
PRINCE Philip died just two months short of his 100th birthday, so missed out on a telegram from his wife. It’s sad news for her and for the rest of his family, of course, and they deserve our sympathy. But it soon became clear that many felt the wall-to-wall coverage of tributes was excessive. The BBC took the scheduled BBC1 and BBC2 programmes off air on Friday, as EastEnders, Gardeners’ World and the final of MasterChef were replaced with pre-recorded tributes. And it was flooded with complaints. BBC2 lost two-thirds of its audience as a result. ITV also suffered a heavy drop in audience figures. The highest rated programme that evening, with 4.2 million viewers, was Gogglebox on Channel 4.
Prince Philip chose the medals and decorations for the altar alongside his coffin
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PRINCE Philip chose the medals and decorations for the altar alongside his coffin.
They have been sewn onto nine cushions with see-through fishing wire, together with his Royal Air Force wings and Field Marshal s baton.
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A seamstress works to prepare the cushions that will bear the medals and decorations chosen by Prince Philip
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A close-up view of the Order of Merit, the Royal Victorian Chain and full size Medal Group, sewn onto a cushion along with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh s insigniaCredit: Getty
The Duke also included insignia from Denmark and Greece.
Why Prince Philip s funeral will be a royal ceremony like no other
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