this is they don't use life from the other end with a special program us britain says goodbye and farewell to prince philip did you think of edinburgh but husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd will be laid to rest shortly in a small private ceremony at windsor castle just outside london. welcome to the program i'm phil graham prince philip will be buried and the vault at

windsor castle following a funeral service in st george's chapel in the castle grounds the country will hold a minute's silence at the top of the hour in his alma coronavirus restrictions mean that only 30 close relatives will attend the ceremony and will reflect the prince's close ties with the armed forces and his many years of public service. will bring you live coverage of the procession the silence and the funeral mass here. and throughout i'll be joined by d.w. culture correspondent robin batterham here in the studio i do u.k. correspondent shell that chelsea till is in the wind and we'll hear from both a just a moment. first let's take a look back at prince philip's life and times also known as the duke of edinburgh he was the longest serving a british royal called sort spending more than 70 years of queen elizabeth's side

he died on friday the 9th of april 2 months short of his 100th birthday. prince philip juke of edinburgh the husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd. always a test side or a few steps behind that was royal protocol for the british prince consuls the couple was married more than 70 years the former royal navy officer lived an eventful public life that was occasionally seasoned by his sharp tongue and the dry humor. he was born prince philip of greece and denmark on the island of corfu in 1921 but despite his family's irish to classic background money was often in short supply his parents divorced and philip ended up in england where he began a career in the royal navy at the outbreak of world war 2.

he met the future queen for the 1st time in the 1930 s. he was 18 and for and those of us just 13 at the time it was reportedly love at 1st signs her parents were nonplussed with the prince of humble means but elizabeth persevered in 1947 shortly after the war the 2 were married. on their 1st child prince charles was born the following year the family lived on the island of malta where phillip was stationed as an officer but the death of the british king george the 6 in 1952 changed their lives dramatically. elizabeth became queen. philip the prince consort soon became well known for his quips he was even reported to have asked the queen after her coronation where did you get that hats that won him a warm place in british hearts that he wasn't fond of playing the role of an extra

in countless televised appearances was no secret still he fulfilled his duties with an elegant if sometimes delicate distance. award ceremonies receptions openings philip was never without a joke of some kind even when he was given a set of headphones as a gift that we couldn't get through do through thank god but. the death of princess diana 997 was an anguish in low point in the life of the winces. the monarchy faced days of mounting disapproval until queen elizabeth spoke openly of her grief for the royal family was a source of strength to the queen. like all families we went through the food. closures and tribulations of bringing up children or nephews somewhat both

but i think all children of the world live in a different and difficult circumstances. i his descendants including prince charles next in line to the throne and grandsons william and harry stole the royal heritage through the many highs and lows of the early 21st century. in the course of 70 years he visited over $140.00 countries and gave more than $5000.00 speeches will be remembered the world over for his calm irreverent wings. oh let's go straight out windsor castle where we're going to be correspondent to charlotte chelsea. welcome charlotte so talk us through what we're going to see from the castle precincts over the next couple of hours. phil over the next couple of hours millions of people not just in the u.k. but around the world are expected to be chaining in to watch proceedings as the

u.k. bids farewell to the man some a calling the grandfather of the nation just behind me out windsor castle proceedings are already starting to get underway windsor castle known for many grand ceremonies royal weddings indeed the juke and duchess of sussex hereon megane were married here in a very glamorous ceremony in 2018 today though the royal family reuniting once again for a very somber funeral this time dramatically scaled back from what you usually expect from royal funerals there aren't any major public perceptions here they've also been request that the public keep away in line with coronavirus restrictions 'd a lot of the things that you will see through the course of the service have been directed by prince philip himself he had a very clear request for what he wanted gere in the service he said he requested it

remains as no nonsense as possible now what we will see in the coming minutes will be his his grandchildren and his children following behind a landrover that landrover was specially designed by prince philip himself specially modified to carry his coffin to send george's chapel just behind me for the service to begin then on the hour the whole nation will force silence to remember prince philip the longest serving rural consort in british history now in the service you will see a lot of nonsense to his military career and a lifelong association with the armed forces indeed he served with that served with the armed forces in world war 21 of those nods will be in that landrover painted military green. now we're hearing that the service will be a celebration of his lifelong support for the queen for his for his kindness for

his trademark humor and we're hearing his humanity. as you say coated restrictions are making themselves felt even at this royal event causing it to be a much scaled down affair. that's right you might expect that have been at an event like this hundreds of members of the public lighting the streets indeed hundreds of members intending the funeral itself which holds up say or around $800.00 people and they've been invited to the service instead of just the 30 people attending a close family and friends as well of prince philip who will be taking ponts. that is due to the current virus restrictions that are in place here in the u.k. at the moment. and when we see you we still see lots of people around you have people generally been heeding the advice to stay away.

which i think you know here's a shot of joe i was just asking if there are people out there in windsor have generally been heeding the advice to stay away but. all right looks like we've we've lost a connection to show that chelsea so that we will try and reestablish that while we do that's appropriate. correspondent. robin meadow so robyn. shoulder talk to sue some of what's going to happen today let's talk about. who made it on to that 30 strong guest list well who made it originally and who was eventually made it to us we have a list we've been given now of 30 definite guests it really is the queen joined by 4 children of course prince charles prince and princess sandra prince

edward they're joined by their spouses and all of prince philip's 8 grandchildren including princes william and harry of course scrunch of children will attend he's got one or 2 very very special friends to count his mom will be there this is penny braben who's his close friend and who is his partner in his sport of carriage riding and of course what is very interesting is that there are 3 german guests from the german side of his family this is philip prince of horn no longer on board he's a great nephew of the juke through his grandmother princess margaret of princess margaret with prince philip's eldest sister right let me just interrupt you there robyn the coffin is just being brought out so that's just and hear what's being said.

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think it. reflects his relation with the military but also possibly his sense of humor he didn't want to be and he wanted it to be british racing green as well i mean it is a very. minute treif you in many ways and the whole lining the route the. representatives representatives from all the forces the role navy the marines the highlands is full fatality roll regiment of scotland and indeed members from the royal air force as well. and they will be met. the west steps of the chapel. another god of all the band from the rifles. and they'll play the national anthem.

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