The thirty guests who will attend Prince Philip’s funeral have been revealed.
After the Queen’s careful considerations due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Buckingham palace revealed the full guest list on the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral on Saturday.
From the original 800-strong crowd, the Queen selected 30 people and tried to ensure all branches of Prince Philip’s family were there.
“At its heart, it is still a family event,” a spokesperson in a statement. “We are following the Covid guidelines.”
“There was a limit on who could be invited as a guest and Her Majesty wanted to ensure that all branches of the duke’s family were there, and had to make some very difficult decisions about who would be there,” the spokesperson continued.
“For those that unfortunately can’t be there, I’m sure they will be making their own private arrangements about how they commemorate the duke, and indeed celebrate the duke.”
Here is the guest list in full:
- The Queen – Queen Elizabeth
- The Prince of Wales – Prince Charles
- The Duchess of Cornwall – Camilia Parker-Bowles
- The Duke of Cambridge – Prince William
- The Duchess of Cambridge – Kate Middleton
- The Duke of Sussex – Prince Harry
- The Duke of York – Prince Andrew
- Princess Beatrice Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi – Princess Beatrice’s husband
- Princess Eugenie – The youngest daughter of the Duke of York works
- The Earl of Wessex – The Queen and Prince Philip’s youngest son
- The Countess of Wessex – Prince Edward’s wife, Sophie, the Queen is also believed to lean most on her.
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- The Princess Royal – Princess Anne
- Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence – the husband of the Princess Royal
- Peter Phillips – the eldest son of the Princess Royal and was the duke’s first grandchild.
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- Mike Tindall – The former England rugby had a good relationship with Prince Philip.
- Earl of Snowdon David
Lady Sarah Chatto – The Queen’s niece is believed to be much loved by The Queen and Prince Philip before his death.
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- Duke of Kent – the son of the late Prince George, the fourth son of King George V, and the late Princess Marina, daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece.
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- Prince Bernhard – the grandson of the Duke’s second sister, Theodora
- Prince Philipp of Hohenlohe-Langenburg – one of three members of Prince Philip’s European family attending the funeral.
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- The Countess Mountbatten of Burma – One of Prince Philip’s closest friends and confidantes
Meanwhile, some people who are missing from the list are the Duchess of Sussex, who is pregnant with her second child was advised by doctors not to fly, and Prince Philip’s 10-great-grandchildren, who are all considered too young to be at the funeral.