(London General Electric) The funeral of Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, was held today (April 17). It is reported that in order to avoid the grandson of Prince Harry, who has left the royal family, from appearing out of place, the Queen has decided that all family members should wear suits and dresses to the funeral, not military uniforms. Nor will Prince William and Prince Harry walk side by side behind the hearse.
Buckingham Palace on Thursday unveiled a list of 30 attendees for Prince Philip's funeral, including queen, Crown Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, Princess Anne, and Princes William and Harry.
British media pointed out that after Harry and his wife Meghan no longer served as senior members of the royal family, Harry had returned all honorary ranks. This meant that he was not eligible to wear a military uniform again; in this way, he would be the only member of the royal family to wear a suit to attend the funeral.
After No longer serving as a senior member of the royal family, Harry (pictured) has returned all honorary ranks, which means he is not eligible to wear military uniforms again. (Reuters)
According to the Daily Mail, in order not to embarrass Harry, the Queen made a major decision at the last minute - not allowing members of the royal family to wear military uniforms to attend Prince Philip's funeral to show family unity.
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Prince Philip passed away on April 9 at the age of 99 and his funeral is scheduled to take place on April 17 at 3 p.m. local time (10 p.m. Singapore time) at St. George's Church at Windsor Castle. This is also the first time that the harrys and their brothers, Prince Harry, have met since they publicly attacked the royal family in a television interview with American celebrity Winfrey last month; how they will interact at the funeral today has attracted much attention.
However, Agence France-Presse reported that Buckingham Palace revealed that William and Prince Harry would not walk side by side behind Prince Philip's hearse. Princess Anne's son, Phillips, would stand between William and Harry, an arrangement that left suspicions that the brothers were still at odds.
Prince Philip's funeral is scheduled for April 17 at St. George's Church at Windsor Castle, where the exterior was yesterday filled with mourning flowers. (Reuters)
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The United Kingdom mourned the death of Prince Philip, and the death of a member of the royal family has always been a major event, with established rules and etiquette; after the death of Prince Philip, the United Kingdom immediately launched the "Operation Forth Bridge" to arrange the prince's posthumous affairs.
The British royal family has always had a tradition of using the name of the bridge as the royal funeral code, which is also a code to inform the news of the death of royal family members. The purpose of the code is to prevent the Buckingham Palace telephone switchboard operator from knowing and leaking the news prematurely.
Prince Philip's funeral code name is "Forth Bridge" because his title is Duke of Edinburgh, and the Forth Bridge is located in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, a cantilevered bridge across the Forth River.
Although the purpose of setting up the code or code name is to keep it secret, Prince Philip is old and the authorities have long begun to prepare for the unexpected, so the "Forth Bridge" operation, which represents the Prince's funeral, has been discussed by the British media for many years and has long been an open secret.
Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch of the United Kingdom, was code-named "London Bridge" operation, taken from the famous British nursery rhyme "London Bridge is falling down". However, london bridge had a terrorist attack in 2017, when people once talked about "something happened on London Bridge", so the British public speculated that the security services may have changed the code name to avoid misinformation of the queen's death.
The funeral code name for Crown Prince Charles of the United Kingdom is Operation Menai Bridge, because the Strait of Menai is located in North Wales, and Charles's title is the Prince of Wales.
Bouquets of flowers were presented outside Windsor Castle yesterday to mourn the death of Prince Philip. (AFP)
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As for Prince William and Princess Kate, as well as Harry and Meghan, although they are still young and do not have funeral code names, they also have their own code names for security reasons for day-to-day operations. British media have reported that William and Kate's code names are Danny Collins and Daphne Clark, respectively, which is in line with the initial "DC" of their titles Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Harry and Meghan were previously Duke and Duchess of Sussex with the initials "DS," so their code names were David Stevens and Davina Scott, respectively.
The British royal family has stated that Charles, William and Harry have set their own funeral plans, including a list of attendees, the types of music used and the style of service. Although the style of the funeral was not stated, it was mentioned that the arrangements for the funeral by the two young princes were "more modern than those of some older relatives".
Prince Philip did not shy away from commenting on his funeral before his death, hoping that everything would be simplified. Thus, although his funeral could be held in accordance with the specifications of a state funeral, the royal family decided not to hold a state funeral and no memorial service, in accordance with his will. In addition, the United Kingdom is still not free from the coronavirus epidemic, and the royal family and the government have stated that they hope that the people will not gather to mourn and lay flowers.
The funeral will also follow the UK's epidemic prevention rules, with no more than 30 people in attendance and live television. I believe that this is also the final plan of the "Forth Bridge" operation that everyone did not expect when preparing.