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Selected by the duke of edinburgh in recent years before he is laid to rest in the royal vault, beneath st georges chapel.

Bell tolling, the band of the grenadier guards, you will have the procession lined route, but once inside st georges chapel, where as one might have had 800 mourners in the original plan filling the chapel, instead, there will be just 30, all of them including the queen in masks, and socially distanced. so the queen will be sitting on her own in the quire. a small, intimate family affair but with this military element as well and nods to the military. so obviously the most important things, we h...

He was personally linked to. the land rover has, which we had seen so many pictures of, we know the duke was involved in the design, his coffin will be ball on that and senior members of the royal family will walk behind him —— his coffin will walk behind him —— his coffin will be borne on that. and behind them the queen will follow the procession in the bentley, it will be led by the badge of the grenadier guards, the kings royal horse or celery will fire guns and a bell will toll, so t...

With me is our correspondent, helena wilkinson. 0ne one could to detect the duke of�*s own hand in so much of the proceedings this afternoon. absolutely. and i think it would have been incredibly proud of how his own funeral has gone today. know

Good afternoon from windsor, as the nation prepares to remember the life of the duke of edinburgh. his funeral takes place here at st georges chapel inside the castle grounds this afternoon. only 30 mourners will attend. the archbishop of canterbury will lead the service.

# my soul give praise unto the lord of heaven, # in majesty and honour clothed; # the earth he made will not be moved, # the seas he made to be its robe # give praise # praise, praise, praise # give praise. #

We are here today in st georges chapel to commit into the hands of odd the south of his servant prince philip, duke of edinburgh. for his resolute faith and loyalty, for his high sense of duty and

# i am the resurrection and the life, saith the lord # he that believeth in me though he were dead # yet shall he live # and whosoever liveth and believeth in me # shall never die # shall never die

His service to the nation and the commonwealth, by his courage, fortitude and faith. all the music had been chosen by the duke. the first hymn sung by the choir of four was the mariners�* hymn, for those in peril on the sea. the small congregation sat in its family groups. the queen sat alone. so too did prince harry. after the prayers and the commendation, a distinctive touch typical of the duke. royal marine buglers sounded the royal navys call to action stations.

Distinctive to the end. nicholas witchell, bbc news. in preperation for the funeral... we arejust we are just hearing that the duke of edinburghs offer will be covered with wreath and the sword. we talk about the armed services place and all of todays events, and that wreath has been removed by the grenadier guards, a regiment that the duke of edinburgh had a close association with. that is just one formal