The flag was Prince Philip’s personal royal standard flag. The design is divided into quarters, each representing a different aspect of the Duke’s life. The top left section of the flag is golden yellow and features nine hearts and three lions, evoking the Danish coat of arms. Across is a blue rectangle with a white cross from the national flag of Greece. These represent the Duke’s dual royal lineage from Denmark and Greece. Born in Corfu, Greece in 1921 to Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenburg, Philip was a prince of both Greece and Denmark but renounced his titles when he married Queen Elizabeth II in 1947. The bottom left quarter of Prince Philip’s flag represents the Mountbatten family, while the lower right quadrant features an illustration of a castle, representing him as Duke of Edinburgh. The flag-draped coffin was brought to St. George’s Chapel on the Windsor Castle grounds in a Land Rover hearse that the Duke of Edinburgh himself helped to custom-design. The hearse was followed by a procession on foot of Prince Philip’s family members, including Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry, separated by Peter Philips, as well as Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and David Armstrong Jones, Earl of Snowdon. Prince Philip, the Queen’s consort and husband of 73 years, died on April 9. Next, see Prince Harry’s sweet tribute to his beloved grandfather Prince Philip.
