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Open Post – Funeral of The Duke of Edinburgh

The Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral will be held today, April 17, at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. The ceremony begins at 2:40 p.m. when the members of the Royal Family will follow the coffin from the State Entrance of Windsor Castle to the Quadrangle. The members following will be:

  • The Princess Royal/The Prince of Wales
  • The Earl of Wessex and Forfar/The Duke of York
  • The Duke of Sussex/Mr. Peter Phillips/The Duke of Cambridge
  • Vice-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence/The Earl of Snowdon

The Queen will leave from the Sovereign’s Entrance and travel in the State Bentley.

The other family members in attendance:

  • The Duchess of Cornwall
  • The Countess of Wessex and Forfar
  • Viscount Severn
  • The Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
  • The Duchess of Cambridge
  • Mr. and Mrs. Mike Tindall
  • Princess Beatrice, Mrs. Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
  • Mr. Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
  • Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank
  • Mr. Jack Brooksbank
  • The Lady Sarah and Mr. Daniel Chatto
  • The Duke of Gloucester
  • The Duke of Kent
  • Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
  • The Hereditary Prince of Baden
  • The Landgrave of Hesse
  • The Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
  • The Countess Mountbatten of Burma
  • In the U.K. BBC One, Sky, and ITN coverage begins at 12:30 p.m.
  • In the U.S., NBC News coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. EST. View it on their network and/or their streaming service, NBC News Now.
  • Canadian viewers can tune in to CTV News which will begin live coverage at 8 a.m. EST.

The funeral will also be streamed on the Royal Family Youtube channel.

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