Prince Philip, who died last year at the age of 99 at the height of the lockdown for COVID in the UK, attended a small funeral attended by just 30 people and that is exactly what he wanted to be. In a 2013 report by The Daily Mail, Philip was quoted as saying by Palace officials: “I do not want the fuss of a full state funeral.” The Duke of Edinburgh refused to even lie down after his death. a tradition that requires a dead body of an official to be placed in a government building. According to a royal aide: “Prince Philip does not see himself as important enough for this.” This plan was followed after Philip’s death and his body was “rested” in a private chapel at Windsor Castle. Philip also did not receive a state funeral, and a royal funeral was held instead. Mike Tindall, the wife of Philip’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, also shared on his podcast: “I look back on the day I thought was eerie, as it was without crowds and social distance. I think it was the perfect day for how he would like it, if that made any sense. “
