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The choice and colours of the flowers for Westminster Abbey was no accident. Each had a special meaning and place.

Arranged in shades of red, white and blue, they included roses, carnations, eryngium (sea holly) and dendrobium orchids.

Orchids were featured in The Queen’s wedding bouquet and sea holly echoes the Duke’s career in the Navy and his affection for the sea.

Sean Coughlan
BBC News, royal correspondent

As the thanksgiving service ended, Prince Charles and Camilla, Prince William and Kate and the invited dignitaries stepped into their big black cars waiting outside Westminster Abbey.

But this occasion had also been Prince Andrew’s reappearance. He had helped the Queen into the church, quietly arriving through a side door, and then helped her again as she left.

They’d stopped briefly and spoke to Doyin Sonibare, a young woman who had spoken at the service about how the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme had helped open up opportunities.

She’d said she’d had a fear of “climbing steep hills”.

For the Queen, after all the speculation about whether she would make the service, it might have felt like climbing another type of hill.

She left, wearing a brooch that Prince Philip had given her more than 50 years ago.

A little bit more now from the address by the Dean of Windsor who spoke at length about the Duke of Edinburgh during the service.

He talked first about the role of God in Prince Philip's life.

"His faith was a heartfelt trust in a loving God whose intention for this world is glimpsed in the life and teaching of Jesus Christ; such trust, such hope, as could unite people in a common endeavour," he said.

He said he was quite sure Prince Philip's prayers were not reserved for public occasions alone.

And he said moreover, nobody would ever doubt his loyalty and deep devotion to the Queen and to their family.

The Queen is heading away from the abbey and back to what is her permanent primary residence now at Windsor Castle, via central London's Buckingham Palace.

Before exiting the abbey, she thanked those who spoke, including Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award holder, Doyin Sonibare and the clergy who took the service for her late husband.

The congregation, headed by the Royal Family, stood as they sang the national anthem.

That marked the conclusion of the thanksgiving service.

The final piece of music, The Seafarers, was played by The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Portsmouth as everyone began to make their way out of the abbey.

The Royal Family are just on their way now - and the Queen has left. Towards the end of that service, the Rev Mark Birch gave thanks to the life and work of Prince Philip and prayed for all who honour his legacy and continue his work.

The Rev Kenneth MacKenzie recognised the duke's devotion to family, to nation and to Commonwealth and to his strength.

The Rev Professor Paul Fergusson gave thanks for the duke's spirit of energy and adventure, his work with the young to discover new skills and serve their communities.

The Rev Canon Martin Poll gave thanks to the duke's work in conservation and the good stewardship of the environment. bringing together people of many faiths and in the work of the World Wide Fund for nature (WWF).

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.

The hymn was part of the plans for His Royal Highness’ funeral service pre-Covid, again at the duke’s request.

In line with government guidelines at the time, there was no congregational singing at the funeral service for the Duke of Edinburgh in April 2021.

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.

As this was not possible due to Covid restrictions in April 2021, the Minister of Crathie Church, the Rector of Sandringham and the Chaplain to the Royal Chapel of All Saints, Windsor Great Park, offer prayers today recognising the Duke of Edinburgh’s energy and spirit of adventure.

Following the Dean of Windsor's address, 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'.

Addressing attendees, 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."

Sean Coughlan
BBC News, royal correspondent

This thanksgiving service brings together the strands of Prince Philip’s life. His wife of 73 years, his family, his charities, his military connections, his sense of public duty.

But in his sermon, 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.

There was also attention on the real-life frailties of the Queen, who walked to her seat as the first hymn had started.

She sat in the same church where she was married to Prince Philip, but now with a stick at her side, with four generations of her family present and decades of memories.

It is an historic setting for an historic occasion, with prayers for a “long life lived fully”.

With the Abbey bells ringing, a choir singing and crowds in the streets outside, this is something of the bigger funeral that Covid restrictions stopped from happening last year.

Now for the first readings - the Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC, reads the First Lesson, Isaiah 40:25-31.

The Second Lesson, Philippians 4:4-9, is read by the Rt Rev and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE, Dean of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royals.

The Queen has been actively involved in the planning of this service, which comes almost a year after her husband died, in April last year.

Then the congregation joins together for a hymn - All Creatures of our God and King.

Doyin Sonibare, who holds the top level of a Duke of Edinburgh Award, the gold one, spoke of her experience working towards the award when she was 18-years-old.

She said: "I kept thinking I was going to trip up, roll down the mountain and it's lights out for Doyin.

"The support of my team and our ability to communicate resulted in us successfully completing our expedition. I remember thinking to myself if I can complete this, I can do anything."

She adds: "On reflection, I never thought I could do half of the things I have done in the last decade, yet I’ve been able to do so because of the opportunities presented to me.

"In 1956, when The Duke of Edinburgh created the award, he had a vision to create a programme which supported the development of young people all over the world.

"Today, you’ve learnt how his legacy has impacted me and how it will continue to impact future generations to come.“

The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster pays tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh in an opening address.

He says Prince Phillip was "a man of rare ability and distinction, rightly honoured and celebrated, he ever-directed our attention away from himself.

"He put privilege to work and understood his rank as a spur to service.

"Working at pace, with so many claims on his attention, he encouraged us to focus, as he was focussed, on the things that matter."