Prince Philip’s wish for final German send-off finally approved by the Palace Entertainment Prince Philip’s wish for final German send-off finally approved by the Palace Prince Philip’s family from Germany has finally been allowed into his final procession according to experts. This news was announced by Robert Hardman, the author of the Queen of the World. He took to Twitter to deliver the news and wrote, “I am pleased to report that the Duke’s sisters’ families, whom he loved dearly (and vice versa), will make up a tenth of the mourners on Saturday. Uninvited to his 1947 wedding, they’ll be there at the end as he wanted.”