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April 11, 2021: The Duke of Edinburgh's funeral will take place on Saturday April 17 at 3pm local time (4pm in Italy) in Windsor Castle after a short procession.

A minute of silence will be observed throughout the country.

Queen Elizabeth II, her children and grandchildren will be in attendance.

The Duke of Sussex, Harry, will return from California, while his wife Meghan will not be there because her doctor has deemed that she is not in a position to travel due to pregnancy.

The guest list will be released on Thursday, but there will almost certainly not be British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who wants to give his place to a member of the royal family as only 30 people will be able to attend the funeral, given the anti-Covid regulations. . 

The ceremony, celebrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, will be held in St George's chapel, in the castle, the same where Harry and Meghan got married.

The coffin will be transported in a Land Rover that Prince Philip himself had helped to modify.

Behind the coffin, covered only by his personal banner, a wreath of flowers and his cap and sword as a veteran officer of the Royal Navy, the British Navy, will walk the members of the royal family, led by the Prince of Wales, Charles.

Only Queen Elizabeth II will wait for the procession to the chapel.

The procession will last eight minutes.

It will not be a state funeral, which "very much reflects the wishes of the duke," explained a spokesman for the palace, but the ceremony will be televised. 

The program was formalized by the court, after the approval of the queen and the green light of the government of Boris Johnson, after the evocative tribute of the armed forces, with the 41 cannon volleys fired from the Tower of London and from bases and units soldiers scattered between the island and the overseas territories in memory of the prince.

The mourning royal family

Meanwhile, the procession of people leaving flowers in front of Buckingham Palace continues, regardless of appeals to stay home.

Flags at palace and government buildings across Britain are at half mast and billboards now feature photos and tributes to the prince, confidant and sidekick of the Queen, whom she married 73 years ago and who was at her side, when he passed away at Windsor Castle on Friday morning, according to the Daily Mail.

He seems to have spent the last three weeks in Windsor in a state of calm clarity, after refusing with a domineering joke about his ("get the damn thing out of my sight") the wheelchair that a footman had dared to offer him.

Weeks during which he was constantly watched over by the queen - also present in effigy next to her bed, together with the duke's mother -, he was able to receive one by one and "spaced" the four children and greeted his grandchildren by phone (not yet vaccinated). 

Asked how the Queen is coping with these difficult days, the palace spokesman said, "It's a grieving family."

Elizabeth II received family members.

"The queen was extraordinarily fantastic," said, moved, daughter-in-law Sophie, Countess of Wessex, wife of Prince Edward, the youngest son of Elizabeth and Philip.

The press is obsessively following the events, so much so that the BBC had to create a special page for those who complained of excessive coverage.

Precisely on the national broadcaster, the BBC, the pre-recorded interviews of the four children were aired, who remembered their father with emotion, telling about their relationship with the Duke of Edinburgh. 

Prince Charles, first in the line of succession to the British throne, paid homage to his father, speaking on behalf of the royal family, outside his residence, Highgrove House , in the county of Gloucestershire.

He recalled that Philip "was a much loved and appreciated figure" and "a very special person" and thanked "deeply" also on behalf of the royal family, for the support received "in this particularly sad moment".

According to the Daily Mail, in his last days, when he was hospitalized, Philip had asked to see the eldest son and heir to the throne, to tell him to take care of the sovereign and advise him on how to lead the royal family.

The Duke of Edinburgh would eventually express a desire to return home and die in his bed at Windsor Castle.