Koninklijk Nieuws & Foto's #33

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Op zondag 11 april 2021 05:42 schreef ootjekatootje het volgende:
Hoeveel buitenechtelijke kinderen had Philip? Die moeten ook nog op de lijst.

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Op zaterdag 10 april 2021 21:12 schreef vencodark het volgende:

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Toch wel jammer dat er nu geen gigantische, grote staatsbegrafenis komt. Dat is op tv toch wel mooi om te volgen.

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Op zondag 11 april 2021 08:53 schreef Amsel het volgende:

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Ik vind het voor de familie wel heel mooi dat ze nu in kleine kring afscheid kunnen nemen zonder dat er honderden mensen bij moeten zijn

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Where will the funeral take place?
Prince Philip is reported to have requested a funeral of minimal fuss and will not lie in state - where members of the public would have been able to view his coffin.

Instead, he will lie at rest in the private chapel at Windsor Castle until the day of the funeral.

The duke's coffin is draped in his personal flag, his standard. The flag represents elements of his life, from his Greek heritage to his British titles. A wreath of flowers has also been placed on the coffin.

When the duke got engaged to the then Princess Elizabeth in 1946, he renounced his Greek title and became a British citizen, taking his mother's anglicised name, Mountbatten.

The Mountbatten family is therefore also represented on the standard, alongside the castle from the arms of the City of Edinburgh - he became Duke of Edinburgh when he married.

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What will happen on the day?
The duke will have a ceremonial funeral, rather than a state funeral. There is a subtle difference - state funerals are usually reserved for monarchs, although wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill was given a state funeral.

Coronavirus restrictions on crowds and numbers attending funerals mean the duke's ceremonial funeral will be much lower key than if it had happened in other times - although the Palace says this very much "reflects the duke's wishes" and it will still "celebrate and reflect" a life of service.

On the day of the funeral, the coffin will be moved from the private chapel to the State Entrance of Windsor Castle. It will be placed on a modified Land Rover, that the duke himself helped design, to be carried the short distance to St George's Chapel.

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The procession, led by the band of the Grenadier Guards, will take eight minutes. Pallbearers from the Royal Marines and other regiments will accompany the vehicle. The armed forces will line the route and members of the Royal Family, including the Prince of Wales, will walk behind the coffin.

The Queen will travel separately to the chapel for the service.

Military guns will fire during the procession and the curfew bell will toll.

A guard of honour and the band from the Rifles will receive the coffin at the foot of the West Steps of the chapel, with the national anthem being played as the coffin enters Horseshoe Cloister.

From the West Steps of the chapel, eight pallbearers will carry the coffin, draped with the duke's standard, with a wreath and the duke's naval cap and sword on top.

The coffin will be greeted by the Dean of Windsor and the Archbishop of Canterbury. There will be a one minute national silence at 15:00BST before the service begins.

After the service, the duke will be interred in the royal vault.

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Who will attend the funeral?
Coronavirus restrictions in England mean only 30 people, socially distanced, are allowed to attend funerals. The pallbearers and clergy are not included in the number of attendees.

Details of the invited guests or family members are yet to be announced. Prince Harry will attend but his wife Meghan, who is pregnant, will not make the trip from the US, on medical advice. The Duke of Sussex is living in the US with the Duchess of Sussex and has not returned to the UK since stepping down as a senior royal last year.

Under earlier arrangements for the days after the duke's death, codenamed Forth Bridge, thousands of people would have been expected to gather in London and Windsor, with some even camping out to get a vantage point to watch the military procession.

Hundreds of members of the armed forces would also have lined the streets in honour of the duke, alongside thousands of police officers to keep control of the crowds.

But since the pandemic began, organisers have been working on contingency plans which would avoid attracting mass gatherings in the event that the duke died.

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What happens next?
The country is now in a period of national mourning, that will end on the day of the funeral.

Union jacks and national flags will fly at half-mast on all government buildings. Union jacks on royal buildings, where the Queen is not in residence, will also fly at half-mast.

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The Royal Standard, which represents the sovereign and continuation of the monarchy, never flies at half-mast and will be flown at full-mast where the Queen is present. The Royal Family will observe two weeks of mourning - but members will continue to attend engagements and wear black mourning bands where appropriate.

Gun salutes took place across the UK and in Gibraltar at midday on Saturday. Military guns fired 41 rounds at one round every minute for 40 minutes in Edinburgh, Cardiff, London, Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland and at Devonport and Portsmouth naval bases.

Royal Navy ships at sea, including HMS Diamond and HMS Montrose, also fired the salute, a tribute to the duke, who served as a naval officer during World War Two and held, among other titles, the office of Lord High Admiral.

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Out of respect, the main political parties in England, Scotland and Wales have suspended campaigning for next month's elections. The House of Commons will sit on Monday for MPs to pay their tributes to the duke.

How can the public pay their respects?
Coronavirus restrictions on mass gatherings in England mean the long-held plans for the days leading up to the funeral, and the funeral itself, have been amended.

Members of the public have been asked not to try to attend any of the funeral events, in line with public health advice.

The Royal Family has also asked people not to leave flowers and tributes at royal residences.

On the Royal Family website, members of the public are asked to consider making a donation to a charity instead of leaving floral tributes in memory of the duke. An online book of condolence is also available for the public to post their personal tributes.

A plaque that was displayed outside Buckingham Palace, announcing the duke's death, was later removed because of concerns it would attract crowds. However, people have left flowers, cards and tributes outside the palace and at Windsor Castle, despite requests not to do so.

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Op zondag 11 april 2021 00:34 schreef bibi het volgende:

Ik schaamde me al bijna dat ik dezelfde gedachte hadt. Gelukkig ben ik niet de enige.

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Op zondag 11 april 2021 09:21 schreef Sunshine1982 het volgende:
Mijn gedachte is dat hij zo min mogelijk mensen bij zijn begrafenis wilde hebben. Dan komt deze coronacrisis wel goed uit

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Op zondag 11 april 2021 09:58 schreef Haaibaaike het volgende:
@:Leandra wie is BoJo?

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Op zaterdag 10 april 2021 21:29 schreef bloempje-moi het volgende:

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Misschien betekent dit niet perse heel klein, maar zo min mogelijk toeters en bellen.

De link doet het op mijn telefoon niet, maar de titel alleen al 😂
https://newsthump.com/202(...)rial-three-days-ago/

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Meghan Markle claims Prince Philip had a small private burial three days ago

Meghan Markle has shocked royal watchers across the world, after telling her good friend Oprah that Prince Philip was actually buried in a small private burial three days ago.

As large chunks of the nation continue to mourn the loss of Prince Philip, many have been left bereft at the news that he was actually buried on Tuesday.

“I attended a small, private, burial ceremony with just the duke of Edinburgh and myself on Tuesday,” Meghan Markle has claimed in another interview with Oprah Winfrey.

“The public funeral will be for everyone else out there, obviously, with all the pomp and ceremony you would expect – but we wanted something private, just for us.

“So we decided to have that little ceremony, in private, in our back garden. It was lovely, we said some nice things about Prince Philip and then we put the box in the ground and then went inside and made a lasagne.”

A spokesperson for the Palace has been quick to issue a statement that this was just a ‘symbolic’ funeral, and was in no way an official or legally binding event, explaining that the official funeral will obviously be the one in the coming days in the UK.

The statement went on to add, “We don’t know what – or who – she buried in her garden there days ago, but it wasn’t Prince Philip.

“In fact, if local law enforcement wants to start digging around in her garden to get to the truth of the matter, then that’s entirely up to them.”

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Op zondag 11 april 2021 10:08 schreef BE het volgende:
Is er al bekend wanneer de uitvaart zal zijn?

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Op zondag 11 april 2021 09:59 schreef vencodark het volgende:

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Deze man had timing.

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Op zondag 11 april 2021 09:47 schreef Rewimo het volgende:

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Hier nog eentje

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Op zondag 11 april 2021 09:58 schreef Haaibaaike het volgende:
@:Leandra wie is BoJo?

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Op zondag 11 april 2021 10:08 schreef BE het volgende:
Is er al bekend wanneer de uitvaart zal zijn?

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Op zaterdag 10 april 2021 21:36 schreef BE het volgende:

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Deze is ook leuk!

https://newsthump.com/202(...)r-wrong-parent-dies/

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Op zondag 11 april 2021 13:17 schreef bloempje-moi het volgende:
Volgens de DM het moment dat Elizabeth (13) en Philip elkaar ontmoeten
[ afbeelding ]

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Op zondag 11 april 2021 13:48 schreef vencodark het volgende:

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Hun eerste ontmoeting was bij een trouwerij. Zij was toen 8, hij 13.
Ik betwijfel of dit dat moment is.