The duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, will be buried this Saturday at the Windsor Castle with marked military honors, a short funeral procession on foot, followed by a restricted religious service. The burial will be private though.

– 11h00 locales (10h00 GMT): the coffin, covered with his sword, his navy cap and a wreath of flowers, will be transferred from the private chapel of the royal family to another hall of the castle.

– 14h10: Windsor Dean David Conner will deliver a prayer before moving to St George’s Chapel.

– 14h15: representatives of the British armed forces will take positions in the central courtyard next to the castle’s royal quarters.

– Between 2:20 pm and 2:27 pm: the guests who do not participate in the procession will go to the chapel.

– 14h27: the special Land Rover that Prince Philip helped design for more than 16 years will enter the castle courtyard. The military band will begin to play.

– 14h38: the bearers will lift the coffin.

– 14h41: the coffin will leave the castle and will be greeted by members of the royal family for the procession. After a military salute, he will be placed in the Land Rover.

– 14h44: The queen will appear with a lady-in-waiting in an official Bentley and join the rear of the procession as the national anthem, “God Save the Queen,” plays.

The funeral of Prince Philip. (AFP).
The funeral of Prince Philip.

– 14h45: The funeral procession will begin, with an expected duration of eight minutes, with salutes of honor and the ringing of the bell in a castle tower. The children of the queen and Felipe, Carlos (heir to the throne), Ana, Andrés and Eduardo, and some of their grandchildren, Guillermo, Enrique and Peter Phillips will participate in it.

Also present will be Ana’s husband, Timothy Laurence, and the monarch’s nephew, David Linley.

– 14h53: the procession must arrive at the San Jorge chapel.

– 15h00: a minute of silence will be observed throughout the UK. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the Anglicans, and the Dean of Windsor will receive the coffin in the chapel.

Prince Philip. (AFP).
Prince Philip.

At the end of the religious ceremony, the Duke will be buried in private in the royal vault of the chapel.

The cornets will play “The Last Post”, a theme used at British military funerals, and “Action Stations”, the signal that calls sailors to their posts, at the express request of Felipe, who served in the Royal Navy during World War II. World.

The Archbishop of Canterbury will give his blessing before the national anthem sounds.

– Around 3:50 pm: the relatives will leave the chapel.