Prince Philip asked for a photographer to take pictures of his funeral from inside a "hidey-hole" pillar. Arthur Edwards, 80, had taken photographs of the Duke of Edinburgh for 40 years before he captured his final moments from the fake pillar on Saturday.
The touching pictures were a fitting tribute to Mr Edwards' pal Prince Philip, who he bonded with during his time photographing the royal family for The Sun.
The images show Prince Philip's coffin, which was draped in his standard and other regalia, being carried up the steps outside St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Mr Edwards said: "With a letterbox-shaped slit, it was like the bird-watching hides where Prince Philip spent hours of his retirement at Sandringham.
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