Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Prince Philip's funeral will follow strict Covid guidelines this weekend.

It means there will be limits on the number of guests allowed and rules around who can sit together. The ceremony will be profoundly different to services held for royal family members before him.

The Duke of Edinburgh died "peacefully" on April 9 at the age of 99. The royal funeral will take place on Saturday at 3pm at Windsor Castle.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: “At its heart it is still a family event. “We are following the Covid guidelines. “There was a limit on who could be invited as a guest and Her Majesty wanted to ensure that all branches of the duke’s family were there,

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