The Duke of Edinburgh’s coffin will be carried through the grounds of Windsor Castle in a modified Land Rover that he designed for the occasion himself
Prince Harry is hoping to arrive back in the UK as early as Sunday.
The heavily pregnant Duchess of Sussex will not attend the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral on the advice of her doctors telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
Boris Johnson will not attend the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh.
Due to Covid restrictions only 30 people can attend the ceremony, Number 10 said Boris Johnson had offered to stand aside so that an additional member of the Royal family could attend telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
The Prince of Wales paid a touching tribute to his father the Duke of Edinburgh on Saturday night, saying: "My dear Papa was a very special person."
An emotional Prince Charles said: "As you can imagine, my family and I miss my father enormously" telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
The pair came to enjoy a special kinship that only grew deeper over recent years
"Prince Philip was a witty man who did his very best to engage with the hundreds of thousands of people it was his job to meet and greet" | Writes @jenniebond1
The Queen’s marriage to the Duke of Edinburgh is the last example in British history of a royal-royal marriage.
None of the couple’s children or grandchildren have married fellow royals and it seems certain that future royal spouses will be commoners telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
The Queen was just 13 when she laid eyes on her future husband, whose irreverence and devotion would help to define her reign
"The Duke of Edinburgh’s life of service is an inspiration to generations of naval officers and the Royal Navy will be forever grateful for his strengthening of the bond between the Senior Service and the monarchy" writes
Admiral Lord West telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/1…
Football and rugby fixtures will be moved to avoid a clash with the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh.
The English Football League announced all its games scheduled for 3pm on Saturday would be rescheduled and Premier League was in talks with Government telegraph.co.uk/sport/2021/04/…
George VI, Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret were all in attendance.
"He was a towering presence at any event and any meeting, not just because he was the Duke of Edinburgh, but also by the way he made his presence felt.
Prince Edward, his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex and their daughter, Lady Louise, 17, attended a small church service this morning at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor
"She described it as having left a huge void in her life but we, the family, the ones that are close, are rallying round to make sure that we're there to support her," Prince Andrew said after the Sunday service in Windsor telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
The Queen is "thinking of others before herself", the Countess of Wessex said as she left a church service at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor
"Prime ministers come and go – Elizabeth II has seen 14 during her reign so far – but princes are for life, and that life becomes a way of measuring the story of our own" | Writes @timothy_stanley
🦁🐅🐘 'HRH The Duke of Edinburgh was a pioneer. A modern monarch, he was far ahead of his time in recognising the need for action and change to conserve the natural world'
In a letter to the Queen, Prince Philip wrote: ‘To have fallen in love completely and unreservedly, makes all one’s personal and even the world’s troubles seem small and petty.’
This is how he overcame family tragedy and won over the hearts of the Queen and nation.
~thread
After the war was over, Prince Philip remained in the Far East to collect and bring home prisoners of war, arriving back in Portsmouth on 17 January 1946.
A series of unexciting home postings had left him restless after the buzz of action
His home postings did allow for more frequent trips to London, and he was “always in a hurry to see Lilibet”.
According to a governess, Elizabeth began to take more trouble with her appearance and to play the tune 'People Will Say We’re in Love’ telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/0…
The Duke of Edinburgh's funeral will take place at St George’s Chapel at 3pm on Saturday 17th of April, at which time there will be a national minute's silence
2.40pm - Coffin leaves State Entrance of Windsor Castle 2.45pm the Procession steps off
2.53pm - The Land Rover reaches the West Steps of the Chapel
3.00pm - National Minute Silence, Coffin enters St. George's Chapel, service commences
A Palace spokesman said "The Covid-19 pandemic has of course required us to make significant adaptations to the original arrangements for His Royal Highness's funeral," telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
Prince Philip, whom the Queen described as her "strength and stay" during her record-breaking reign, passed away at Windsor Castle on Friday
The palace said in a statement:
"It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle"
🔴 Police in the UK recorded 248 murders involving a knife or sharp instrument in 2020.
Most of the victims were young men.
Each victim leaves behind a distraught family – including, in most cases, a grieving mother 🧵 telegraph.co.uk/women/life/scr…
The Met Police have launched a campaign, in which mothers affected by knife crime call on the public to contact Crimestoppers with any information that might prevent violence.
Here, three mothers tell their stories 👇
🔴 This thread contains content some may find distressing
🔴 Lorraine Jones, a church minister, was unpacking shopping at her home in Brixton on 25th Feb 2014, when two young people knocked on her door and told her that her 20-year-old son, Dwayne Simpson, had been stabbed in a nearby park