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Get email notification for articles from Amos Harel Follow Apr. 26, 2021 1:46 PM Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai took the necessary decision Sunday evening and removed the barricades from the plaza in front of the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City. The barriers have been the main source of incitement of the recent violence in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem district police had decided to place them at the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which began about two weeks ago, initially with the stated reason that they were to prevent crowding that could spread the coronavirus ...

Lieutenant General Hockenhull  said: "I was very proud to have been asked and relieved it went well. It's the first time I've marched since my Sandhurst training in 1986, all the marching I did at Royal Hospital School prepared me well. "HRH Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh became Colonel in Chief of the Intelligence Corps in 1977.   "As the senior soldier in the Intelligence Corps, I was invited to act as pall-bearer in recognition of this special relationship.  It was an honour and a privilege to play a small part in the ceremonial farewell to a remarkable man, who never stopped servi...

The mother of a Grenadier Guard has shared her pride after her son was chosen to be one of the pallbearers that carried Prince Philip's coffin at his funeral on Saturday.  Dan Coghlan was one of the soldiers tasked with transporting the Duke of Edinburgh's coffin to a custom-built Land Rover that then carried the Duke to St George's Chapel in Windsor ahead of his funeral service and burial. Members of the Royal Marines then carried the coffin up to the West Steps of the chapel.  The Guardsman's mother, Dawn Monk, took to Facebook to share a photo of her son carrying the coffin and shared he...

Revealed: 'Coin toss' decided which of four soldiers would be the driver and passenger in Prince Philip's custom-built Land Rover hearse at his funeral The duke has been at the heart of an 18-year project to modify the Defender TD5 130 chassis cab vehicle Corporal Louis Murray drove the custom-built hearse, accompanied by Cpl Craig French, both aged 29 Soldiers ensured vehicle stuck to its precise route and timings after several days of intense rehearsals Pair were selected on a 'coin-toss' from a group of four who had been specifically trained for the role 

The Queen carried special mementoes from her life with Prince Philip inside her handbag during the funeral She was planning to include one of Philip's trademark Savile Row white handkerchiefs, royal insiders say Her Majesty is also said to have carried a small photograph of the two of them together while in Malta  The monarch sat alone in St George's Chapel having wiped away tears as she accompanied Philip's coffin    Philip borne to church on a Land Rover hearse he designed himself in ceremony with 700 armed personnel