UK PM to miss Philip's funeral because of Covid limits
Boris Johnson won't attend the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral next Saturday to be able to allow "as much family members as possible" to go amid coronavirus restrictions, Zero 10 has said.
Only 30 persons - expected to be the duke's children, grandchildren and additional close family - can attend the funeral at St George's Chapel, Windsor.
The public has been asked to remain away.
The Prince of Wales paid tribute to his "dear papa" on Saturday, saying he'll be missed "enormously".
Speaking out of his Highgrove house in Gloucestershire, Prince Charles said his late daddy was a "very unique one who... above all else could have been impressed by the response and the touching items that contain been said about him".
The prince said he and his family were "deeply grateful" because of this, adding: "It will sustain us in this specific loss and as of this particularly sad time."
The duke died at Windsor Castle on Friday, aged 99.
A remembrance provider will be held for him at Canterbury Cathedral soon after this morning.
Funeral arrangements for following weekend, which Buckingham Palace stated "quite definitely" reflect Prince Philip's wishes, have already been adapted in mild of the coronavirus pandemic.
The televised service is a ceremonial event instead of a large state affair usually associated with the death of a monarch.
A No 10 spokesman said: "Because of the coronavirus regulations, only 30 people may attend the funeral of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
"The primary minister has throughout wished to act relative to what is best for the royal household, therefore to allow for as many family members as possible will not be attending the funeral on Saturday."
Among Royal Members of the family to attend the ceremony could be the Duke of Sussex, who'll fly from his Californian own home to the UK.
His wife the Duchess of Sussex, who is pregnant with their second kid, has got been advised by her doctor not to travelling, Buckingham Palace said.
On your day of the funeral, a national minute's silence will be held at 15:00 BST.
Prince Philip's coffin will be transported from Windsor Castle to St George's Chapel in a specially-modified Area Rover he helped to design.
Participants of the Royal Family, like the Prince of Wales, will walk behind the coffin, and the Queen might travel separately to the chapel.
Guests will socially distance and wear deal with coverings consistent with coronavirus restrictions.
Military guns will fire through the procession, that will take 8 minutes, and the curfew bell will toll.
Eight pallbearers will take the coffin, draped with duke's standard, with a good wreath and the duke's naval cap and sword on top, up the west guidelines into the chapel. It'll be greeted by the Dean of Windsor and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
These 10 people aren't included in the amount of attendees allowed.
A guest list will be released on Thursday.
In tribute to the duke, saluting batteries each fired 41 rounds on Saturday in cities including London, Edinburgh and Cardiff, and at Hillsborough Castle in County Down. Guns had been likewise fired in Gibraltar.
You will see eight days of national mourning - to get rid of on 17 April - prior to the funeral.
Prince Philip won't lie in express - where participants of the general public would have had the opportunity to see his coffin.
His coffin will instead lay at rest in the individual chapel at Windsor Castle and you will be draped with the duke's personal common with a wreath of flowers at the top.
The Royal Family members will observe two weeks of mourning, although royal engagements will continue where appropriate.
A spokesman for the Palace said: "Whilst that is a time of sadness and mourning the approaching days will come to be an possibility to celebrate a exceptional life."
Under earlier arrangements for the times after the duke's loss of life, codenamed Forth Bridge, thousands of individuals would have been likely to gather found in London and Windsor, with some even camping out to have a vantage point to check out the military procession.
On the Royal Family website, customers of the general public are asked to consider making a donation to a charity rather than leaving floral tributes in memory space of the duke. An over the internet book of condolence can be available for the general public to create their personal tributes.
