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The Archbishop of Canterbury has paid tribute to Prince Philip’s “righteous impatience” and “gift of moral imagination” in an online memorial service this evening., external

Justin Welby says Prince Philip used his talents at "full throttle, right throughout his life”, while speaking in the service from the crypt at Lambeth Palace.

“Prince Philip was someone who had the gift of moral imagination," the archbishop says. "He did not see the world just as it was, but he saw what could be, and what should be.

“A sort of ‘divine discontent’, with accepting what was less than what it should be. He worked it out in his commitment to climate change, to interfaith relations, to young people in the Commonwealth.”

He adds Prince Philip "would not accept the status quo".

"If things were not right, he would say so and say so quickly, and clearly, and often bluntly,” he says.

The Archbishop will lead a live service at Canterbury Cathedral in memory of the Duke of Edinburgh tomorrow at 10:30 BST.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will not be attending the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral next Saturday due to Covid restrictions.

“As a result of the Coronavirus regulations, only 30 people can attend the funeral of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,” a statement from Downing Street says.

“The Prime Minister has throughout wanted to act in accordance with what is best for the Royal household, and so to allow for as many family members as possible will not be attending the funeral on Saturday.”

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Taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme as a teenager "led on to a lifetime of work and volunteering" for teacher Julia Lewis.

She took her first award at 14 and went on to complete all three stages. She now works as the programme's leader at Churston Ferrers Grammar School in Devon.

Ms Lewis told the BBC she met Prince Philip on a number of occasions when taking her own students to accept their gold award at St James's Palace.

She described his "incredible energy... and enthusiasm" when he walked into a room.

She said the award scheme has "become a lifelong love and passion" for her.

"It's a huge legacy and I can't see a time when it won't be there - it feels a big privilege to be part of it," she said.

Read about others who took part in the scheme.

Here is how some of the world's media reported the news of the Duke of Edinburgh's death on Friday:

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Members of the public are being told not to attempt to attend any events in connection to the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral on 17 April in newly issued government guidance.

The Cabinet Office document also reiterates a plea for flowers not to be left at royal residences. Flowers have been left outside Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle today.

The document, titled Guidance for the Period of National Mourning, external, also advises that businesses may wish to make arrangements to observe a national minute's silence at 15:00 BST on the day of the funeral. It adds that firms are not expected to close during the period of national mourning.

Organisers of sporting events are advised it is their decision whether fixtures should continue as planned. They are also told they may wish to consider black armbands for players and observing a silence before matches.

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The Duke of Edinburgh's funeral could help heal any tensions between members of the Royal Family and Prince Harry, a religious leader has said.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, told Times Radio that the Duke of Sussex coming to the UK for the funeral and spending time with his family could help ease the situation.

Prince Harry will attend the funeral but the Duchess of Sussex, who is pregnant, will not be there on medical advice, the palace says.

"I think there might be a bit of consolation in it for the Royal Family actually because it just gives them a chance to be close and to have a comparative bit of privacy," Cardinal Nichols said.

"Many a family gather and get over tension and broken relationships at the time of a funeral. Something very profound unites them all again. And that would be true for this family, I'm sure."

Harry and Meghan aired criticisms of the Royal Family in a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey last month.

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Qusai Arsiwala, 37, is in Windsor to pay his respects with his wife Ummul, 35 and his six-year-old daughter Mariya and four-year-old Ruqaiya.

The family live nearby in Iver and Qusai works as a doctor at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough.

"Prince Philip and the Queen represent sacrifice, duty and most of all respect and I think that’s really important for our children to understand," he says. "We are very proud to be British."

"They are examples of people that go above and beyond," he adds. "I hope we don’t lose that respect and the sense of duty."

You can read more tributes from members of the public at Windsor here.

On the day of the funeral, the Duke of Edinburgh's coffin will be moved to the state entrance of Windsor Castle by a party of the Queen's Company 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.

On the grass in the castle's quadrangle will be detachments drawn from Prince Philip's military special relationships.

It will also be lined by the Household Cavalry and the Foot Guards, while the band of the Grenadier Guards, of which the duke was a colonel for 42 years, will lead the procession to St George's Chapel, where the funeral is to be held.

They will be followed by the Major General's Party and the Service Chiefs - reflecting the duke's close relationship with the military.

A guard of honour and the band from the Rifles will receive the coffin at the foot of the west steps of the chapel, with the national anthem being played as the coffin enters Horseshoe Cloister.

In tribute to Philip's naval service, a Royal Naval Piping Party will be present, while a bearing party of Royal Marines will carry the coffin up the steps and pause for the minute's silence.

The Prince of Wales has paid tribute to his father, saying he will miss him "enormously".

Speaking on behalf of the Royal Family, Prince Charles said the Duke of Edinburgh had "given the most remarkable, devoted service to the Queen, to my family and to the country and also to the whole of the Commonwealth".

"He was a much loved and appreciated figure," he said.

"We’re so deeply touched by the number of other people here and elsewhere around the world and in the Commonwealth who also, I think, share our loss and our sorrow.

"My dear Papa was a very special person who I think above all else would have been amazed by the reaction and the touching things that have been said about him.

"And from that point of view, we are, my family, deeply grateful for all that. It will sustain us in this particular loss and at this particularly sad time."

One of the gun salutes staged earlier to mark the death of the Duke of Edinburgh took place in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar on Spain's southern tip.

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Jockey Rachael Blackmore has just become the first female jockey to win the Grand National - on 11-1 shot Minella Times.

Earlier, she joined a two-minute silence ahead of the world's most famous steeplechase to mark the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.

Flags at Aintree Racecourse are also being flown at half-mast, with jockeys wearing black armbands.

While never an owner in racing himself, Prince Philip was a keen horse rider and had been an honorary member of the Jockey Club since 1947 and was a regular companion of the Queen at Royal Ascot.

You can read more about sporting tributes to the duke here.

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The Royal Family hope the coming days will be seen as a chance to celebrate the Duke of Edinburgh's "remarkable life", a palace spokesman says.

"While this is naturally a time of sadness and mourning for the Royal Family and the many others who knew or admired the Duke of Edinburgh, it is hoped that the coming days will also be seen as an opportunity to celebrate a remarkable life - remarkable both in terms of his vast contribution and lasting legacy," the spokesman says.

The Royal Family has appealed to people who wish to pay their respects in person to stay at home instead.

The palace spokesman adds that the duke's funeral is to be "much reduced in scale with no public access".

"In line with government guidelines and public health measures, there will be no public processions and the duke's funeral will take place entirely within the grounds of Windsor Castle," he said.

He said that despite the changes, the plans still reflect the personal wishes of the duke.

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The Duke of Edinburgh's body rests in a coffin in the private chapel at Windsor Castle, draped with his personal standard and a wreath of flowers on top, the palace says.

There will be no lying in state.

On Saturday 17 April, the day of the funeral, the coffin will be moved to the state entrance of Windsor Castle. It will be placed on a modified Land Rover, the design of which the duke was involved with.

The coffin will then be moved a short distance to St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle for the funeral service, flanked by pallbearers and with members of the armed forces lining the route.

Read more about the funeral plans here.

The Queen has approved the prime minister's recommendation that there be eight days of national mourning, to end on 17 April, the day of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral, the palace says.

During this time union flags will remain at half-mast but the Royal Standard, which is flown when the Queen is in residence at one of the royal palaces, will be at full mast.

The Royal Family will observe two weeks of mourning and royal engagements will continue, with mourning bands worn where appropriate.

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A guest list for the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral will be released on Thursday.

We should assume that the guests will be children and grandchildren of the duke.

The Duke of Sussex will attend, the Duchess, on medical advice, will not.

There will be a national silence at 15:00 BST before the service begins.

More details about the service will be released on Thursday.

After the service the duke will be interred in the Royal vault.

Members of the Royal Family, including the Prince of Wales, will walk behind the Duke of Edinburgh's coffin, with the Queen travelling separately to the chapel, the palace says.

The procession will take eight minutes, with eight pallbearers carrying the coffin up the west steps into the chapel.

It will be draped with the duke's standard, with a wreath and his naval cap and sword on top.

On arrival, it will be greeted by the Dean of Windsor and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Dean, the Archbishop and the eight pallbearers are not included in the 30 attendees allowed under coronavirus guidelines.

You can read more details on the plans here.

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The funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh will be held at Windsor next Saturday, Buckingham Palace says.

The event is to be a "ceremonial royal funeral" not a state funeral, which "very much reflects the duke's wishes", a palace spokesman says.

It will start at 15:00 BST and be televised throughout.

The palace says the funeral will "celebrate and reflect" a life of service and has been adapted to take account of Covid-19 regulations.

The Queen has approved the plans.

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The death of Prince Philip has been reported by media outlets the world over with many TV channels interrupting their regular programming to share the news.

"Now the 94-year-old Queen Elizabeth II is alone at the top of the British royal palace - without her colourful shadow," said Denmark's TV2, external.

Russian NTV's correspondent called him "a member of a national minority, an immigrant in the elite British high society during those brutal years when it was still possible in England to tell the truth".

Meanwhile, state-run Channel One noted that he was "a descendant of Russian Emperor Nicholas I".

Unsurprisingly, accounts of the duke's unorthodox language also featured widely.

The Weekend Australian, external said Philip's "mouth often got him trouble. But that's why we loved him".

Canada's Globe and Mail, external said he "walked dutifully" at the Queen's side, but his "demeanour, which could be haughty and impatient, and his tongue, which could be blistering and intemperate, proved less obedient".

"Everyone knew that his occasionally rude, sarcastic manner was just that - a disguise that the royal mismatch threw on to conceal his highly sensitive nature," Germany's Die Welt said, external.

Church bells across parishes in England rang out 99 times, or for up to five minutes, earlier today in memory of Prince Philip.

The Central Council of Church Bell-ringers said there would be “half-muffled tolling or chiming of a single bell” at noon on Saturday.

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A leader of the British Sikh community has described the Duke of Edinburgh's "wonderful wry sense of humour" as he paid tribute to Prince Philip in a letter to the Queen.

The Lord Singh of Wimbledon, director of the Network of Sikh Organisations UK, says the duke was a "pioneer in promoting interfaith understanding", pointing to his setting up of the Sacred Literature Trust to publish key writings from different religions.

"I first met him when he was chairing a meeting of the trust at Buckingham Palace where he surprised me with his knowledge of Sikh teachings," he says.

He offered his "deepest condolences to the Queen and all members of the Royal Family".