Service ends – the Royals are leaving Westminister Abbey and the Queen has left via another door that was closer to her seat.
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Guide me, O thou great Redeemer and it’s rousing refrain “bread of heaven” is being sung by the congregation and now the choir sing God Save the Queen.
Prayers from Duke’s home chaplains
It was also Prince Philip’s wish that clergy from the Royal Estates of Windsor, Sandringham and Balmoral – known as The Queen’s domestic chaplains – played a part, given the Duke’s active role in the day-to-day management of the estates.
The choir sings Te Deum in C by Benjamin Britten.
The hymn was originally selected by the Duke of Edinburgh when he was putting his own instructions together for his funeral service.
The Right Reverend David Conner KCVO, Dean of Windsor, describes Prince Phillip’s personality as an ‘intriguing and attractive mix’.
He said the Duke of Edinburgh had “courage, integrity, steadfastness and a sense of purpose.”
He added the prince was: “One of those rare people who remained true to, and guided by, what you might call and inner spiritual compass, a sense of being called to play a part in the making of a God intended world.”
The Dean of Windsor, David Conner, says Prince Philip would have hated to have been remembered as a “plaster saint”.
He described a real-life man, full of energy and ideas, but who had no patience for pomposity or flattery.
The Queen listens as the Dean of Windsor speaks about Prince Philip as a man of faith with an “engaging and self-deprecating sense of humour. Nobody would ever doubt his loyalty and deep devotion to our Queen and his family”.
“There were time he could be abrupt”, said the Dean… pic.twitter.com/RhVg699A4E— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) March 29, 2022