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KXLY April 19, 2021 8:00 AMBy Celebretainment Posted: Updated: TownNews.com Content Exchange Prince Philip’s coffin was made by the same family firm that constructed a casket for Freddie Mercury. The Duke of Edinburgh was laid to rest at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on Saturday (04.17.21), and it’s emerged that his lead-lined coffin was made by Henry Smith, one of the most well-regarded firms of its kind that also made the casket for the former Queen star, who passed away in 1991. Brian Parson, a funeral historian, told the Mail on Sunday newspaper: “Henry Smith were the las...
The family firm that made Prince Philip's coffin by hand from English oak also constructed a casket for Queen star Freddie Mercury. The Duke's lead-lined coffin was fashioned by Henry Smith, widely-regarded as the finest firm of its kind because of its precision and quality. As well as making caskets, the company was the first in Britain to offer horse-drawn hearses, and at one point had a stable with 70 steeds. Henry Smith opened in London's Battersea in 1869 and continued to make caskets by hand until it closed in 2005 when the last family member retired. The family firm that made Prince Ph...