The key moments of Prince Philip's funeral

awful procession of her devoted husband it is not possible for us to guess what her majesty the queen will be thinking [Music] [Applause] but she once gave the phrase to a great disaster in the world that grief is the price we pay for love the armed forces will now carry the lord high abnormal to his funeral [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] her majesty the queen goes into the galilee porch led by dean of windsor and will be taken to her seat in the choir meanwhile the armed forces continue to take the duke to his point where at the bottom of the steps the final salute will be given [Music] foreign the bearer party will now turn to square up their approach to the chapel blue as the duke of edinburgh is conveyed to the second landing members of the royal family will line up at the bottom of the steps ready for the one minute silence we now prepare for the one minutes silence to mark the life of his royal highness the duke of edibre knight companion of the most noble order of the garter the royal marine bearer party now convey his royal highness the duke of edinburgh into his funeral service a lifetime of service done to his queen his wife his family his nation lord high admiral who sets down his tasks and comes into the great pantheon of kings and princes who are buried here into the company of edward iv henry vi henry viii charles the first edward the eighth george v george vi the home of the knights of the garter knights that go back through history to the time of cressy in 1384. passing through this chapel where his banner as a knight of the garter hanged for so many years followed by his family we will shortly hear the sentences which will be sung by the choir of four and then into a service which will follow the music and wishes of his royal highness the duke of edibre [Music] one [Music] the prince for whom faith meant so much and to this place he brought so much of his investigation of faith by setting up saint george's house to pursue that struggle between a pursuit of god and an understanding of the technology and science of our world [Music] [Applause] yes [Music] foreign shall never die shall never [Music] is [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] we are here today in saint george's chapel to commit into the hands of god the soul of his servant prince philip duke of edinburgh with grateful hearts we remember the many ways in which his long life has been a blessing to us we have been inspired by his unwavering loyalty to our queen by his service to the nation and the commonwealth by his courage fortitude and faith our lives have been enriched through the challenges that he has set us the encouragement that he has given us his kindness humor and humanity we therefore pray that god will give us grace to follow his example and that with our brother philip at the last we shall know the joys of life eternal [Music] it's [Music] on the sea [Music] is is [Music] [Music] is it is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] foreign [Music] from [Music] a reading from the book ecclesiasticus look at the rainbow and praise its maker it shines with a supreme beauty rounding the sky with its gleaming ark a bow bent by the hands of the most high his command speeds the snowstorm and sends the swift lightning to execute his sentence to that end the storehouses are opened and the clouds fly out like birds by his mighty power the clouds are piled up and the hailstones broken small the crash of his thunder makes the earth writhe and when he appears an earthquake shakes the hills at his will the south wind blows the squall from the north and the hurricane he scatters the snowflakes like birds are lighting they settle like a swarm of locusts the eye is dazzled by their beautiful whiteness and as they fall the mind is entranced he spreads frost on the earth like salt and icicles form like pointed stakes a cold blast from the north and ice grows hard on the water settling on every pool as though the water we're putting on a breastplate he consumes the hills scorches the wilderness and withers the grass like fire cloudy weather quickly puts all to rights and dew brings welcome relief after heat by the power of his thought he tamed the deep and planted it with islands those who sail the sea tell stories of its dangers which astonish all who hear them in it are strange and wonderful creatures all kinds of living things and huge sea monsters by his own action he achieves his end and by his word all things are held together [Music] [Applause] [Music] is is [Music] [Applause] is [Music] for thy lord [Music] his mercy is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] as is [Music] [Music] oh me [Music] us [Music] um [Music] [Applause] [Music] us [Music] oh [Music] with thy servant o lord [Music] [Applause] for [Music] and let's fight [Music] in [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] oh merciful god the father of our lord jesus christ who is the resurrection and the life in whom whosoever believeth shall live though he die and whosoever liveth and believeth in him shall not die eternally who also hath taught us by his holy apostle saint paul not to be sorry as men without hope for them that sleep in him we meetly beseech the o father that when we shall depart this life we may rest in him as our hope is this our brother doth and that at the general resurrection in the last day we may be found acceptable in thy sight and receive that blessing which thy well-beloved son shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee saying come ye blessed children of my father receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world grant this we beseech thee o merciful father through jesus christ our mediator and redeemer amen oh eternal god before whose face the generations rise and pass away thyself unchanged abiding we bless thy holy name for all who have completed their earthly course in thy faith and following and are now at rest we remember before thee this day philip duke of edinburgh rendering thanks unto thee for his resolute faith and loyalty for his high sense of duty and integrity for his life of service to the nation and commonwealth and for the courage and inspiration of his leadership to him with all the faithful departed grant thy peace let light perpetual shine upon them and in thy loving wisdom and almighty power work in them the good purpose of thy perfect will through jesus christ our lord amen o lord who did give to thy servant saint george grace to lay aside the fear of man and to be faithful even unto death grant that we unmindful of worldly honor may fight the wrong uphold thy rule and serve thee to our lives end through jesus christ our lord our men god save our gracious sovereign and all the companions living and departed of the most honorable and noble order of the garter amen o god of the spirits of all flesh we praise thy holy name for thy servant philip duke of edinburgh who has left us a fair passion of valiant and true knighthood grant unto him the assurance of thine ancient promise that thou wilt ever be with those who go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters and we beseech thee that following his good example and strengthened by his fellowship we may at the last together with him be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom through jesus christ our lord amen o lord god when thou give us to thy servants to endeavor any great matter grant us also to know that it is not the beginning but the continuing of the same unto the end until it be thoroughly finished which yieldeth the true glory through him who for the finishing of thy work laid down his life our redeemer jesus christ amen almighty god father of all mercies and giver of all comfort deal graciously we pray thee with those who mourn that casting every care on thee they may know the consolation of thy love through jesus christ our lord amen the russian kentuckian for the departed to remind us that prince philip was christened into the greek orthodox [Music] church [Music] is [Music] last [Music] is [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] we make us [Music] oh is [Music] oh [Music] is my friends [Music] now the most holy part of the service prince philip's soul is commended to god go forth upon thy journey from this world o christian soul in the name of god the father almighty who created thee in the name of jesus christ who suffered for thee in the name of the holy spirit who strengtheneth thee may thy portion this day be in peace and thy dwelling in the heavenly jerusalem amen and for the last time we hear the styles and titles of the prince before he becomes an ordinary soul before god thus it hath pleased almighty god to take out of this transferred life unto his divine mercy the late most high mighty and illustrious prince philip duke of edinburgh earl of maryanath and baron greenwich knight of the most noble order of the garter night of the most ancient and most noble order of the thistle member of the order of merit night grand cross of the royal victorian order upon whom had been conferred the royal victorian chain grand master and night grand cross the most excellent order of the british empire lord high admiral of the united kingdom one of her majesty's most honorable privy council admiral of the fleet field marshal in the army and marshall of the royal air force husband of her most excellent majesty elizabeth ii by the grace of god of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and of her other realms and territories queen head of the commonwealth defender of the faith sovereign of the most noble order of the garter whom may god preserve and bless with long life health and honor and all worldly happiness [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] the last post [Music] so [Music] hey [Music] [Applause] [Music] following ravelli action stations [Music] oh save our [Music] the grace send her this [Applause] [Applause] usa some of the key moments there of today's funeral service for his royal highness prince philip duke of edinburgh the quirky touches of the land rover he designed to carry his coffin through to the buglers from the royal marines and the sounding of action stations it will no doubt be remembered as a reflection of him a reminder of how he was always respectful of tradition dedicated to a life of public service but also not afraid to do things differently his royal highness the duke of edinburgh born out of windsor castle leaves it now his duty done [Music] so we have been in

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Length: 49min 35sec (2975 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 17 2021