news Six features of the duke's funeral explained Final arrangements for the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral on Saturday afternoon are being made. Alongside details about who will be attending, and minute-by-minute timings, are several elements unique to the occasion. For all but the most seasoned of royal watchers, they need some further explanation. 1) Prince Philip's Land Rover hearse It's a sturdy, practical mainstay of the British Army and a favourite vehicle of the duke's for decades. So when it came to planning for his funeral there really was only one choice: a Land Rover. The duke spent 16 years modifying this particular model, a Land Rover Defender TD5 130, which was made at the company's Solihull factory in 2003. He began overseeing the work needed to turn it into his own bespoke hearse that year, when he was 82, and made the final adjustments in 2019, the year he turned 98.