More of a family thingy!
The 30 guests at Prince Philip's funeral on Saturday have been revealed and include his 'daredevil' best female friend from Sandringham, his grandchildren's spouses and his German relatives, but not Sarah Ferguson, who the Duke famously branded 'beyond the pale'.
Buckingham Palace said the Queen faced 'some very difficult' decisions as she selected the small group permitted under Covid-19 rules, from the original 800-strong congregation, and had tried to ensure all branches of the duke's family were there.
The 67-year-old Countess of Mountbatten - Penelope 'Penny' Knatchbull, previously known as Lady Romsey and later Lady Brabourne - will join the monarch, the Queen and Philip's four children and eight grandchildren and their respective spouses at the service in St George's Chapel on Saturday.
These include Jack Brooksbank, the husband of Eugenie, daughter of the duchess and the Duke of York, and Beatrice's husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.
Three German relatives - whose ancestors were denied a place at Princess Elizabeth and Philip's wedding because of anti-German feeling after the second war - have been included.
Countess Mountbatten is the wife of Earl Mountbatten, Norton Knatchbull - the grandson of Philip's beloved uncle the 1st Earl Mountbatten, who was murdered by the IRA in 1979.
He and Penny were often pictured together at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, sometimes riding mini motorcycles around the carriage driving course.
She was a regular visitor at the duke's Wood Farm cottage at Sandringham after his retirement.
Here is the guest list in full:
1. The Queen, Elizabeth
2. The Prince of Wales, Charles
3. The Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla
4. The Duke of Cambridge, William
5. The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate
6. The Duke of Sussex, Harry
7. The Duke of York, Andrew
8. Princess Beatrice
9. Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
10. Princess Eugenie
11. Jack Brooksbank
12. The Earl of Wessex, Edward
13. The Countess of Wessex, Sophie
14. Lady Louise Windsor
15. Viscount Severn
16. The Princess Royal, Anne
17. Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence
18. Peter Phillips
19. Zara Tindall
20. Mike Tindall
21. Earl of Snowdon, David
22. Lady Sarah Chatto
23. Daniel Chatto
24. Duke of Gloucester
25. Duke of Kent
26. Princess Alexandra
27. Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden
28. Prince Philipp of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
29. Prince Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse
30. The Countess Mountbatten of Burma
WHO WILL BE MISSING?
The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle
The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson
The great-grandchildren
The Queen and Philip's 10 great-grandchildren - Savannah and Isla Phillips; Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis of Cambridge; Mia, Lena and Lucas Tindall; Archie Mountbatten-Windsor; and August Brooksbank - are considered too young to attend. All are aged 10 and under.
Prince Michael of Kent and spouses of cousins
You were not invited Ms Toyin Beee?
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