“The Order of Service for the funeral was agreed with The Duke of Edinburgh during his lifetime, and reflects The Duke’s close military affiliations, and personal elements of His Royal Highness' life,” the statement read.
Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth.Tim Graham/Getty Images
Several modifications have been made due to the ongoing pandemic as well.Queen Elizabethand all 29 attendees will be wearing masks inside St. George’s Chapel. They will also be seated six feet apart.
“Ironically, it is probably how he would have liked,” former palace spokeswoman Ailsa Anderson tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “No fuss, no bother. Right through his life, he never knew what all the fuss was about.”
The lack of a eulogy isn’t unprecedented when it comes to royal funerals.Queen Elizabeth’s mother, the Queen Mother, didn’t have a eulogy at her 2002 funeral service. For the funeral of Princess Diana, however, her brother, Charles Spencer, delivered a stirring eulogy, in which he memorably said, “It is a point to remember that of all the ironies about Diana, perhaps the greatest was this — a girl given the name of the ancient goddess of hunting was, in the end, the most hunted person of the modern age.”
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall view public tributes to Prince Philip.Jeremy Selwyn - WPA Pool/Getty
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Queen Elizabethhad to “make some difficult decisions” about who could be there keeping with the 30-person limit, a Buckingham Palace spokesman says.
“We are dealing with a family funeral and at its heart, it is still a family event,” the spokesman adds."
source: people.com
