Queen, Prince Charles, William and Harry lead mourners

The Queen was seen in public for the first time since the death of her husband, as she lead a small number of mourners as they said goodbye to Prince Philip in a funeral service which was shaped by the duke himself.

The Duke of Edinburgh's naval career permeated the service in St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle on Saturday afternoon, with references to the oceans and a hymn associated with seafarers.

Philip died on 9 April at the age of 99 in Windsor Castle.

The Queen followed the funeral procession through the grounds of the castle, joined in a state Bentley by a lady-in-waiting, the first time her husband has gone ahead of her in more than 60 years.

Behind the coffin, their children walked in pairs, first Prince Charles and Princess Anne and then Prince Edward and Prince Andrew.

Their grandsons, Prince William and Prince Harry, walked behind, with Peter Phillips in between.

Behind them were the Viscount Linley and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence.

TOPSHOT - Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales arrives to attend the funeral service of his father, Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021. - Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died on April 9 aged 99 just weeks after a month-long stay in hospital for treatment to a heart condition and an infection. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
Prince Charles arrives to attend the funeral service of his father Philip. (AFP) (AFP via Getty Images)
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrive for the funeral service of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021. - Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died on April 9 aged 99 just weeks after a month-long stay in hospital for treatment to a heart condition and an infection. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GLYN KIRK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive for the funeral. (AFP via Getty Images) (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Mike Tindall and Zara Phillips arrive for the funeral service of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021. - Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died on April 9 aged 99 just weeks after a month-long stay in hospital for treatment to a heart condition and an infection. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
Mike and Zara Tindall – Princess Anne's daughter – arrive for the funeral. (AFP) (AFP via Getty Images)
Penny Brabourne, Countess Mountbatten of Burma arrives for the funeral service of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021. - Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died on April 9 aged 99 just weeks after a month-long stay in hospital for treatment to a heart condition and an infection. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
Penny Brabourne, Countess Mountbatten of Burma is the only friend of the duke who is attending. (AFP) (AFP via Getty Images)

Members of the Royal Family, including Prince Charles, Prince William and his wife Kate, and Mike and Zara Tindall, were seen arriving around lunchtime on Saturday.

Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Penny Knatchbull travelled to Windsor on Saturday – the only friend of the duke to be able to attend the slimmed down service.

Prince Harry's wife Meghan Markle was confirmed to be watching proceedings from the US, where the couple now lives with their son Archie, who turns two next month.

Philip's favourite driving carriage was pulled by two of his ponies, Balmoral Nevis and Notlaw Storm, to stand in the Quadrangle of the castle as the procession passed by. He took up carriage driving in the 1970s and continued the sport well into his 90s.

The hearse, a custom designed Land Rover, was driven through the Quadrangle as military bands played just before 2.29pm, ready to collect the coffin.

Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall arrives for the funeral service of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh inside St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021. - Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died on April 9 aged 99 just weeks after a month-long stay in hospital for treatment to a heart condition and an infection. (Photo by HANNAH MCKAY / POOL / AFP) (Photo by HANNAH MCKAY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall arriving for the funeral service at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. (Hannah McKay/AFP) (HANNAH MCKAY via Getty Images)
Britain's Sophie, Countess of Wessex arrives for the funeral service of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh inside St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021. - Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died on April 9 aged 99 just weeks after a month-long stay in hospital for treatment to a heart condition and an infection. (Photo by HANNAH MCKAY / POOL / AFP) (Photo by HANNAH MCKAY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Sophie, Countess of Wessex arrived in black and wearing a face covering. (Hannah McKay/AFP) (HANNAH MCKAY via Getty Images)
Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives for the funeral service of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh inside St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021. - Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died on April 9 aged 99 just weeks after a month-long stay in hospital for treatment to a heart condition and an infection. (Photo by HANNAH MCKAY / POOL / AFP) (Photo by HANNAH MCKAY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The Duchess of Cambridge arrived without her husband who will walk in the procession. (Hannah McKay/ AFP) (HANNAH MCKAY via Getty Images)
Britain's Princess Eugenie of York arrives for the ceremonial funeral procession of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021. - Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died on April 9 aged 99 just weeks after a month-long stay in hospital for treatment to a heart condition and an infection. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Princess Eugenie of York outside the chapel. (Justin Tallis/AFP) (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
WINDSOR, ENGLAND - APRIL 17: Lady Louise Windsor arrives for the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle on April 17, 2021 in Windsor, England. Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born 10 June 1921, in Greece. He served in the British Royal Navy and fought in WWII. He married the then Princess Elizabeth on 20 November 1947 and was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich by King VI. He served as Prince Consort to Queen Elizabeth II until his death on April 9 2021, months short of his 100th birthday. His funeral takes place today at Windsor Castle with only 30 guests invited due to Coronavirus pandemic restrictions. (Photo by Hannah McKay/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Lady Louise Windsor, the duke's youngest granddaughter, arriving for the funeral of Prince Philip. (Hannah McKay/WPA Pool/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
WINDSOR, ENGLAND - APRIL 17: Princess Beatrice arrives for the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle on April 17, 2021 in Windsor, England. Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born 10 June 1921, in Greece. He served in the British Royal Navy and fought in WWII. He married the then Princess Elizabeth on 20 November 1947 and was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich by King VI. He served as Prince Consort to Queen Elizabeth II until his death on April 9 2021, months short of his 100th birthday. His funeral takes place today at Windsor Castle with only 30 guests invited due to Coronavirus pandemic restrictions. (Photo by Hannah McKay/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Princess Beatrice of York outside the chapel. She is attending with husband Edoardo Mapell Mozzi. (Hannah McKay/WPA Pool/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

Philip's funeral began with a nationwide one minute's silence at 3pm before the coffin is taken into the quire for the service, led by the Dean of Windsor and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

There were no readings or eulogies from the Royal Family, in line with other royal funerals.

Members of the British Royal Family and the duke's German family, paid tribute to him in the hours before the funeral.

His great-niece Princess Xania, whose brother Prince Phillipp who was one of the 30 mourners at the ceremony, said: "To all of us, he was an idol, he was somebody to look up to, we had enormous respect for him and it was always very exciting when he came to visit, and he came often."

Members of the Household Cavalry outside St George's Chapel, where the duke's funeral will be held. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Members of the Household Cavalry outside St George's Chapel, where the duke's funeral will be held. (Getty Images) (Getty Images)
WINDSOR, ENGLAND - APRIL 17: Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery make their way up The Long Walk towards Windsor Castle ahead of the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on April 17, 2021 in Windsor, England. Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born 10 June 1921, in Greece. He served in the British Royal Navy and fought in WWII. He married the then Princess Elizabeth on 20 November 1947 and was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich by King VI. He served as Prince Consort to Queen Elizabeth II until his death on April 9 2021, months short of his 100th birthday. His funeral takes place today at Windsor Castle with only 30 guests invited due to Coronavirus pandemic restrictions. (Photo by Phil Noble/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery make their way up The Long Walk towards Windsor Castle ahead of the funeral of Prince Philip. (Getty Images) (WPA Pool via Getty Images)
Flowers and wreaths lie on the grass by St George's chapel before the funeral service of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021. - Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died on April 9 aged 99 just weeks after a month-long stay in hospital for treatment to a heart condition and an infection. (Photo by HANNAH MCKAY / POOL / AFP) (Photo by HANNAH MCKAY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Flowers and wreaths lie on the grass by St George's chapel before the funeral service. (AFP) (HANNAH MCKAY via Getty Images)
Police officers close the road leading to Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021 ahead of the funeral of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. - Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died on April 9 aged 99 just weeks after a month-long stay in hospital for treatment to a heart condition and an infection. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Police officers close the road leading to Windsor Castle. (AFP) (TOLGA AKMEN via Getty Images)

Mike Tindall, the husband of Zara, one of the duke's granddaughters, called him a "devoted family man who we will forever miss but always love".

The ceremony, which included many traditional elements of a Church of England funeral as well as several of his own requests, honoured the duke's "unwavering loyalty" to the Queen and the courage, fortitude and faith".

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby enters St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, prior to the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh. Picture date: Saturday April 17, 2021.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby enters St George's Chapel ahead of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral. (PA) (PA)

There were several readings but no sermon, in line with his wishes.

Poet laureate Simon Armitage wrote a poem to mark the passing of the duke, entitled The Patriarchs – An Elegy, which was released on Saturday and set to images of Philip on the Royal Family's social media.

It reads: "On such an occasion / to presume to eulogise one man is to pipe up / for a whole generation – that crew whose survival / was always the stuff of minor miracle, / who came ashore in orange-crate coracles, / fought ingenious wars, finagled triumphs at sea / with flaming decoy boats, and side-stepped torpedoes."

WINDSOR, ENGLAND - APRIL 17: The insignia belonging to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is placed on the altar at St George's Chapel ahead of the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on April 17, 2021 in Windsor, England. Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born 10 June 1921, in Greece. He served in the British Royal Navy and fought in WWII. He married the then Princess Elizabeth on 20 November 1947 and was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich by King VI. He served as Prince Consort to Queen Elizabeth II until his death on April 9 2021, months short of his 100th birthday. His funeral takes place today at Windsor Castle with only 30 guests invited due to Coronavirus pandemic restrictions. (Photo by Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
The insignia belonging to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on the altar at St George's Chapel. (Getty Images) (WPA Pool via Getty Images)
Artist Kaya Mar with a portrait of the Duke of Edinburgh, outside Windsor Castle, on the morning of the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh taking place in St George's Chapel, at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, this afternoon. Picture date: Saturday April 17, 2021. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images)
Artist Kaya Mar with a portrait of the Duke of Edinburgh, outside Windsor Castle, on the morning of the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh. (PA Images via Getty Images) (Andrew Matthews - PA Images via Getty Images)

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