During the restoration of the Golden Stupa, workers accidentally discovered many rare treasures. (Photo: Kknews) It is known that the Golden Stupa is located on the premises of Bao Tuong Pagoda in Wen Shang District, Shandong Province, China. Because the roof tile on the top of the tower is covered with a layer of gold glaze, looking from afar, it has a bright yellow color, so the locals have named the tower Hoang Kim. According to historical records, Bao Tuong Pagoda and the Golden Stupa are up to 1,500 years old and were built during the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the memories of the workers involved in the repair of the stupa on March 15, 1994, by following the mysterious fragrance that kept emitting from the foot of the Golden Stupa, they were able to find a palace. Underground. They immediately stopped construction and contacted archaeologists in Shandong province. The stone box was discovered inside the underground palace at the foot of the Golden Stupa. (Photo: Kknews) The underground palace includes a corridor nearly 4m long, 0.97m wide; 1.65m high and a room located in the middle of the tower’s foot is 1.47m long; about 1.43m wide and 4.2m high. In the middle of the room is a round well, the mouth of the well is covered with a stone slab, surrounded by carved lotus flowers. Behind the large room there is a small niche, inside there is a Buddha altar, on the altar there is a stone box. Gold and silver coffins were found inside the stone box. (Photo: Kknews) On the left side of the stone box there is a Bodhisattva statue made of clay, about 50cm high. The face of the Bodhisattva statue has been peeled off, his hair is in a high bun, his arms are raised across his chest, he is kneeling on a lotus, his body is slightly bent forward. According to archaeologists, normally the statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas that we see are made in standing, sitting or lying positions, but this statue is in a kneeling position, which is unprecedented. here. The tooth relic of Buddha Shakyamuni is considered by experts to be an extremely rare treasure. (Photo: Kknews) While observing the Bodhisattva statue, inadvertently the light from the experts’ flashlights passed through the lid of the stone box, through the cracks in the surface, some flickering rays of light flashed, the mysterious fragrance also emanated. out from here. Former secretary of the Institute of Confucius Research – Duong Xuan Binh, the commander-in-chief of the archaeological team that year, quickly decided to open the mysterious stone box. The treasure inside the stone box is nearly a thousand Buddha relics. (Photo: Sohu) Inside the stone box there are nearly 1,000 relics and a golden coffin is placed in the center. In the golden coffin is a smaller coffin made of silver, divided into 2 compartments, the upper compartment is a yellow satin cloth wrapped with a Buddha tooth relic up to 5.5cm long. After studying Buddhist texts, the expert was able to verify that the tooth relic belonged to Shakyamuni Buddha. With this discovery, the tooth relic of the Buddha discovered at the Golden Tower is considered the supreme sacred relic in the Buddhist world and a rare cultural relic of the world. Reference: Kknews

Archaeologists examine the mummy. Everyone thinks this is an “unprecedented” archaeological find, but the truth is just a sophisticated scam. Shocking discovery In October 2000, police in Karachi, Pakistan received a tip that a man named Ali Akbar was selling a mummy for 600 million rupees, or about $11 million. According to the source, it was not an ordinary mummy, but “Princess of Persia”. Immediately, the police raided Akbar’s house, searched and questioned the suspect. Akbar then took the police to the home of his accomplice, Wali Mohammad Reeki, in the desert region of Baluchistan province. Here, the mummy in question along with the coffin was found. Reeki admitted to buying the artifact from a man named Sharif Shah Bakhi. This person told him that the body was discovered after an earthquake near Quetta, on the border between Iran and Afghanistan. Two men are arrested for smuggling antiquities, but the mystery of the mummy has only just begun. If it is true “Princess of Persia”, this will be a very important discovery, because no mummies of the Persians (present-day Iran) have been found. The mummy was brought to the National Museum in Karachi for experts to analyze and many mysteries surrounding this ancient man were revealed. The body was mummified in the Egyptian style, with a mask and a golden crown, placed on a reed mat. But the most interesting find was a breastplate covering the mummy’s chest, on which the ancient Persian inscription, “I am the daughter of the great king Xerxes. Mazereka protects me. I am Rhodugune.” In addition, the gilded wooden coffin is also decorated with carved lines also in ancient Persian letters. It all seems to show that this is indeed the Princess of Persia. Pakistani archaeologist, Ahmad Hasan Dani, of Islamabad’s Quaid-e-Azam University, excitedly announced in a press conference that, from what was recorded, the mummy was indeed a Ba princess. Tu, lived around 600 BC. This event sparked a dispute between Iran and Pakistan over the ownership of this unprecedented archaeological find. The Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization declared the “princess” to be a member of the royal family of Persia and demanded that Pakistan return the mummy, and even the Taliban movement in Afghanistan claimed it was their own artifact. Unexpected truth Mummy “Princess of Persia” in coffin. The fierce arguments between the parties have become a political problem, easily leading to conflicts. Meanwhile, some other archaeologists have raised doubts that this is the “Princess of Persia”, even a mummy. An independent examination was conducted and the archaeologists went from surprise to surprise. First of all, ancient linguists found that the writing on the mummy’s breast shield and the coffin was written by someone who was not fluent in the ancient Persian language, rife with grammatical errors, and even traces of pencil marks for inscriptions, which pencils were only invented in the 16th century. In addition, a piece of coffin was examined, it was only about 250 years old, and the carpet underneath the body was discovered to be only… 5 years old. Unusual signs were also found in the body of the “princess”, such as the delicate tendons and ligaments of the middle ear that were still intact, despite thousands of years and the mummification process. did not follow the strict methods of Egypt. For example, the heart was removed, which the Egyptians never did, as it was considered important to regenerate a person’s body when they went to the next world. Multiple CAT scans (computerized axial tomography), accelerated mass spectrometry dating, radiocarbon testing, and X-ray scans all proved this to be a hoax. delicate. In the end, scientists determined, there is no “Princess of Persia”, but this is the body of a 16-year-old girl, who may have died in 1996, not 600 BC. Not only that, there is evidence that the girl was murdered for this fraudulent purpose. Experts also discovered that the “mummy” had died from trauma caused by the force of the impact, which broke her cervical and back vertebrae. Her organs were removed, her body cavity filled with table salt and baking soda, a fake embalming process. All of this was likely done within 24 hours of her death. From an antiquities smuggling case to a murder case. It is said that a group of fake antiquities traders brutally killed this poor girl, or at least stole her body shortly after her death, to be processed into a donkey mummy. sell for money. However, although the police questioned everyone involved in the sale of the mummy, as well as several other suspects, it led to nothing. In the end, not only was no one arrested in connection with this young woman’s death, but the victim was also not identified. She languished in museums for a while, before being buried in 2008 by the Pakistan-based charity Edhi Foundation. Although she was finally laid to rest, she remained anonymous, unclaimed, and the cause of death was not clear, forever referred to simply as “Princess of Persia”.

In October of the following year, her body was buried in Dong Lang. It is rumored that when Empress Dowager Cixi was buried, inside her coffin and inside her tomb were buried countless jewels and ivory, arranged in mountains after mountains. It was also because of that number of treasures of inter-city value that Tu Xi’s grave was infiltrated and plundered by Sun Dien Anh, creating the famous “Dong Lang tomb robbery” in Chinese history. In July 1928, about 20 years after Empress Dowager Cixi was buried, a branch of warlords led by Sun Dien Anh came to destroy the queen’s eternal sleep in the palace, while another branch advanced. Emperor Qianlong’s mausoleum. They broke open coffins, plundered treasures, and sent a large number of precious items to foreign countries, causing great damage to the history of Chinese artifacts. At that time, the army led by Ton Dien Anh was an army branch sent by the Nationalist Army to destroy the bandits. On the way, Ton Dien Anh was attracted by the magnificence and wealth of the Dong mausoleum, because he wanted to rob the gold and silver in it, he devised a way to steal the grave. To hide the eyes and ears of others, Sun Dien Anh used the excuse that the army needed to practice, sent the small group of soldiers guarding the mausoleum to another place, and then began to prepare to carry out his theft. Sun Dien Anh is holding a relic taken from the Tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi. The entrance to the tomb of the Royal Family is very secret and discreet, just to prevent tomb thieves from stealing. Initially, Ton Dien Anh’s group could not find the entrance to the underground palace, they dug around, demolished many places but still could not find the entrance. Later, when they heard that an old man had built a mausoleum before, they knew that behind the Ming Lou there was a “silent institute”, specializing in recruiting dumb workers to build and repair the Qing mausoleum. Behind the lapis lazuli relief wall on the north side of the courtyard is the entrance to the palace where Emperor Qianlong is buried. Tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi is different, you have to go to the door of an ancient cave at the foot of Minh long before you can enter the palace. Whether it is Emperor Qianlong’s tomb or Empress Dowager Cixi’s tomb, the entrance is extremely solid, the “diamond” doors are not easy to open. The group of Ton Dien Anh people with greedy minds directly used dynamite to blow up the entrance, so both tombs have traces of being destroyed by explosives. Sun Dien Anh led a group of bandits to excavate the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi, entering the palace earlier than the group that robbed Emperor Qianlong’s tomb. The group of grave robbers carried things out of the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi. After they violently destroyed Cixi’s coffin, they were dazzled by countless gold and silver jewels in it. Therefore, the bandits frantically plundered, looted and buried the treasures in the coffin, and Tu Xi’s body was also destroyed. According to the rehabilitation staff, there was an incision in the mouth of the Empress Dowager, which was caused when Ton Dien Anh wanted to steal the Da Ming Chau in her mouth, even personal items such as hats. phoenix, robes… were all robbed, and Cixi’s body was then thrown next to the coffin. Emperor Qianlong’s palace was also seriously damaged, the underground palace already had standing water inside, after the treasure was robbed, the bones of the Qianlong Emperor were also lost along the water. As for the remains of Empress Hieu Hien and the three concubines, they were also lost in one place, only Queen Hieu Nghi was preserved because the body had not rotted. After the incident was revealed, the whole country’s public opinion boiled, especially the remaining descendants of the royal family of the Manchu dynasty, they were extremely angry when the ancestor’s tomb was stolen, the ancestor’s body was destroyed. Pray for strict punishment for stealing the grave of Ton Dien Anh. But Ton Dien Anh, because he wanted to get rid of the crime, took the stolen treasures to be scattered everywhere, on the contrary, he also found a dignified excuse to justify that: “The Manchus harmed our ancestors of three generations, stole and destroyed The grave is just for the sake of revenge, which is a reluctant thing to do.” Then, under the reconciliation of the parties, the tomb thief Dong Lang Ton Dien Anh also escaped punishment. After the grave robbery, Ton Dien Anh lived as an outlaw for more than 20 years, was finally captured by the liberation army, and died in a war crime prison in 1947. Son of Ton Dien Anh The only son of Ton Dien Anh, Ton Thien Nghia, took a completely different path from his father. He is a talented person, having held the position of Principal of Xi’an Foreign Language School, Vice President of China Translators Association, Vice President of China Association for International Education Exchange… With his contributions and dedication, Ton Thien Nghia is considered as a person who is “industrious, devoted, rigorously academically researched”. Moreover, he also has a very special identity, that is the guardian of the Emperor’s mausoleum. Ton Thien Nghia holds the position of Chairman of the Tomb Conservation Budget, has made great contributions to the protection of cultural artifacts and the restoration of antiquities. The path of Ton Thien Nghia is completely opposite to his father’s theft and robbery in the past. Mr. Ton Thien Nghia.

Messages posted on Mapo Bridge as a solution to prevent suicide tự There is a story that, as long as you get into a taxi in Seoul and say to the driver, “Please let me go to Mapo Bridge”, they will certainly immediately inquire and find out if you are there. .. bored life or not. In 2012, the Seoul city government and Samsung life insurance company jointly launched a campaign to fight suicide in this country called “Bridge for Life”. Have you eaten yet? Specifically, they made a series of lights on the bridge body with meaningful messages written on the bridge such as: “How was your day?”, “Have you eaten yet?”, ” The best moment of your life has not yet come!”, “Let’s have a cup of coffee”,… to wake up those who intend to leave this life so that they know that life is beyond the front is very beautiful, many new things are waiting for them and let’s try to step through everything to enjoy the fun things ahead. Let’s have some coffee together! However, after this campaign was promoted for more than a year, the suicide rate at Mapo Bridge increased 6 times. This is indeed a sad ending to the great effort of the Seoul city government. After the project went bankrupt, the Korean government continued to fight with the initiative to install an anti-suicide system on Mapo Bridge. The system has security cameras that are specially programmed to “catch” those who are looking for death. At the same time raise the Mapo bridge fence by 1 meter. How are you today? When there is an alarm, a team of doctors and psychologists will be on the scene within 3 minutes. In addition, authorities have implemented many other measures such as banning the production of toxic pesticides, psychological counseling services for people at risk of suicide, etc. Sayings that are said to be clichés Who say to someone who is about to jump off a bridge is: “Just try it now!” From one of the world’s poorest countries to the world’s 12th largest economy, the sudden transformation has had huge social consequences in South Korea, according to Professor Ranjit Kumar Dhawan of the University of South Korea. Jawaharlal Nehru (India). The rapid financial boom has led to an ideological shift from collectivism to individualism, causing many families to fall apart, many to feel isolated. In Korea, suicide is considered the most terrible epidemic. Suicide affects not only family members but also friends around. At that time, they did not know how hurt their loved ones were. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in 2010, South Korea had the highest suicide rate. According to statistics, about every 100,000 people, 33.5 people seek death. That means, every day Korea can record up to 50 suicides. Many tourists, when crossing the Mapo bridge and reading the above messages, return with a heavy mood. They just wish that if people could love each other more, share together to reduce stress or deadlock in this life, there wouldn’t be many tragedies. They wonder, what if this is the most beautiful place to watch the sunset with its true meaning? School of death This strange-sounding thing is a booming service at the Seoul Hyowon Heal Center (or more nakedly known as the “school of death”) in the capital, Seoul. Among the students are teenagers who can’t cope with exam pressure, parents stuck after their children run away from home, and elderly people who don’t want to be a burden on their children. They sat listening to lectures right in the middle of the coffins, which would then be used to hold fake funerals for themselves. The lecture came from the center’s director, Jeong Yong-mun, who used to work for a funeral company, about accepting problems as an inevitable part of life and trying to find joy in situations. difficult situations. The mock funeral began with practitioners taking pictures with their own black bandages. Then, they will write a will or suicide note to leave the family before entering the coffin in traditional costume. The purpose of this therapy is to let the insiders absorb the pain of those left behind. Then, a man dressed in black with a long hat representing the God of Death closed the coffin lid, marking the moment to the afterlife. Alone with the darkness inside the coffin for about 10 minutes – an unprecedented experience in life, it is said to help those lying inside can reflect on the meaning and value of life.

According to records in the book “Ai Nguyet Hien Pen Ky”, before the body of Empress Dowager Cixi was put into the coffin, the bottom of the coffin was covered with a layer of jade and ivory including 12,604 pearls, 85 rubies, 2 emeralds, 203 white rubies and sapphires. Not stopping there, above this layer of treasure is also covered with a cushion embroidered with 2,400 pearls. Particularly, the shroud of Queen Mother Cixi was studded with 420 large-sized pearls, 1,000 medium-sized pearls, 1,500 small-sized pearls and 1,135 gems of all kinds. In addition, she also wears 2 jewelry chains with 800 pearls, 35 pieces of precious stones and wears a pearl crown on her head. On the coffin is attached a pearl as big as a chicken egg, weighing 4.125 taels, worth 20 million taels of silver, which is an extremely rare treasure in the world. The blanket that covered the body of Empress Dowager Cixi was also studded with 820 pearls. Not only that, the mouth of Empress Dowager Cixi at the time of burial also held an extremely precious night pearl. However, this night pearl did not make her eternal sleep peaceful, but left a seed of disaster later. The Empress Dowager Cixi. In 1929, Phung Ngoc Tuong – a general of the Nationalist period ordered Ton Dien Anh to dig up the burial places of the Manchu emperors, including the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi. This is a scandalous gravedigging case that shocked the Chinese people and the world. According to one report, gravediggers unearthed around 26,400 pearls after that incident. The fate of these pearls was completely against the wishes of Empress Dowager Cixi when she was alive, because later they were scattered all over the world, falling into the hands of different classes of society. . Particularly, the giant pearl attached to the phoenix coffin that Empress Dowager Cixi wore when she was buried also carries a thrilling story. The giant pearl was called the “Asian Star” and was the pearl that Empress Dowager Cixi loved most when she was alive. Originally, it belonged to the Qianlong Emperor, who was also very fond of this gem. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the “Asian Star” had belonged to Empress Dowager Cixi. It is known that the “Asian Star” comes from the Persian Gulf. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, it was presented to him by messengers. Since then, the pearl has become a treasure of China. The “Asian Star” has a special shape, resembling an eggplant. After obtaining this pearl, Empress Dowager Cixi ordered the artisans in the palace to add more gems. At first, “Asian Star” was located in Vien Minh Vien, then there was a court lady who was greedy to steal this treasure. Empress Dowager Cixi discovered this plan, so she ordered the palace maid to be beaten to death. Since then, the pearl has been directly preserved by Empress Dowager Cixi. When she died, her descendants also wore a jewel with this pearl attached to her before burial. After being taken by Sun Dien Anh from the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi, this pearl was lost everywhere. According to Japanese media reported on February 10, 1993, this natural pearl appeared once in the country of Phu Tang and was displayed at the 100th anniversary of successful culture of artificial pearls. During the past time, “Asian Star” is considered as a derelict gem, displayed around the world but not fixed in a museum at all. According to a latest report, the pearl once enchanted by Empress Dowager Cixi is in the hands of a collector in London (England) and its current value is immeasurable.

Halfway up Phja Mon mountain (circled), where the ancient coffin is located. PHOTO: Duy Chien Deadly According to the police report of Van Lang district, Lang Son province, around 9 a.m., on October 15, 2017, local authorities discovered a ladder rope about 60 meters long made of blue synthetic fiber, bamboo slats. with two-headed iron pipes hanging from the middle of the cliff of Phja Mon mountain to National Highway 4A, in the area of ​​​​zone 5, Na Sam town, Van Lang district. Van Lang district police investigated, determined that there were 4 people including: Nguyen Thanh Hai (SN 1965), Hua Van Mong (SN 1974), Hua Van Vang (SN 1990, all residing in Na Sam town, Van district. Lang) and Doan Hong Thien (SN 1992, police officer of Trang Dinh district, Lang Son) involved in the incident. At the police station, the above group of people confessed that they heard rumors that there was a mysterious cave in the middle of the high and dangerous mountain Phja Mon, where there were many gold and silver treasures left by the ancients. In 2001, a group of people entered the cave. Two of them died after returning. A person was determined when swinging from the cave to the ground, the rope was not enough to land, this person jumped down, suffered from back cartilage and died soon after. The death of the gold seekers accidentally like magic so the group of 4 people living in the locality continued to go to the cave to find treasure. They agreed with each other, performing work at night, hiding during the day, resting in niches and caves. At around 8:00 p.m. on October 13, 2017, four people departed from Hai’s house, carrying a rope ladder along the Coc Lai trail to the top of Phja Mon mountain, then dropping the rope from the top to the cave area in the middle. (This cave is about 50m from the top of the mountain and over 60m from the foot of the mountain). The other two are Mong and Vang waiting at the top of the mountain to supply. After the exploration, the next night, they dropped the rope, swung their body to the ground and was then summoned by the local police agency. Colonel Pham Tuan Bang, head of Van Lang district police, said that based on documents and testimonies of the subjects, the mouth of the cave suspected of containing gold was about 3m wide and 3m high. From the mouth of the cave, there is a stone mound about 1m high, blocking the entrance of the cave. In the cave, there are many compartments (subjects have explored 3 compartments). The first compartment is about 60m2 wide (10m long, 6m wide). In the middle of the first chamber on the right, there is a small path going up, to a parallel 60m2 wide cave, higher than the first cave. There are about 20 round wooden coffins (about 1m long, 40cm wide) inside with skulls and bones suspected to be human bones. The wooden coffins are arranged in 2 rows in the style of terraced fields, some of the coffins have been broken (in this compartment there is no altar, no incense bowl, writing on the cave wall). The group of people were quietly following a small path to continue searching for gold and silver, when they stopped, did not dare to continue, and quickly left the scene because in the dark there was the shadow of a giant animal, the shape of a giant animal. like a python blocking the road. “After the incident, it was reported that the Chinese came to the locality to continue to explore precious minerals hidden in Phja Mon cave. Through investigation, it was a false rumor, in which there was no wealth, gold or silver,” Colonel Bang affirmed. The coffin was buried in the mountain (photo provided by Lang Son Museum) “Heavenly Burial” Mr. Nong Duc Kien, Director of Lang Son Provincial Museum, said that after receiving the information, specialized agencies have entered the investigation. According to photos and documents provided by authorities and people, the coffins are now not intact, most of them have been broken open (maybe because some people had previously entered to find antiques). . The coffin is made of a large wooden trunk split into two equal parts, in the middle is cut in the shape of a trough to place the body, then close to each other) with keyholes at both ends that are locked with wedges. The coffin is about 1m long, 0.4m in diameter (many are broken and rotten). There are no carved patterns on the coffin. The coffin is arranged in two rows facing up in the style of terraced fields located close to the cave wall, inside there are human bones. “This is a rather unique form of ancient burial in a cave. The dead are not buried but buried in a cave, the coffin is made of tree trunks, crafted quite delicately, shaped like a small canoe, expressed through the technique of opening the heart and latching the coffin quite similar to The coffin was discovered at Keo Lam cave in Lung Phay village, Chi Minh commune, Trang Dinh district, Lang Son in 2016. Based on the specimen, it is possible that this artifact was about 300-400 years ago. ” Mr. Kien said. “The form of ancient burial is quite unique in the cave, in Vietnam, it has only been discovered in three provinces of Thanh Hoa, Son La, and Lang Son.” He Nong Duc Kien ,Director of Lang Son Museum According to Mr. Kien, the discovery of graves at Phja Mon cave are important historical documents, contributing to scientific research for archaeologists, ethnographers, in many fields of history and human history. race, creed. Through it, we can lift the mysterious veil of the ancient tomb, sketching out the economic and social situation of the ethnic people of Lang in ancient times. Mr. Kien said, on April 23, 2021, the survey team including leaders of the cultural industry, the Museum and the People’s Committee of Van Lang district came to the scene. However, because the road to Phja Mon cave is very difficult, having to use a climbing ladder from the top of the mountain is very dangerous and unsafe, and on this occasion the COVID-19 epidemic broke out again, so the work must be done. stop. “We are thinking of hiring an expedition team with specialized machinery to go into the cave to collect artifacts for research. But in the immediate future, in order to manage and protect the artifacts in their original state, it is recommended that local authorities at all levels step up propaganda work and take measures to protect the integrity of antiques,” said Mr. Kien.

Prince Philip’s spirit was taken from Windsor Castle to St George’s Chapel. Photo: Daily Mail Prince Philip (1921-2021), who held the title Duke of Edinburgh, died on April 9 at Windsor Castle. He is the crown prince (spouse of the head of the dynasty) in the world’s longest service, and has been married for 73 years with the Queen of England. The death of Prince Philip left a “big void” in the Queen’s life – in the words of her son Prince Andrew. According to royal standards, funerals took place at St. Basil’s Chapel. George, located on the grounds of Windsor Castle, at 3 p.m. local time on April 17 (21:00 the same day, VN time). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the attendees of the ceremony included only high-ranking members of the royal family as well as the duke’s close relatives and friends, among them Bernhard, Prince of Baden, Penny Brabourne, Countess Mountbatten of Myanmar, and Prince Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse. Watch the video of Prince Philip’s procession from Windsor Castle to St George’s Chapel (Credit: Sky News) The Queen’s wife was brought into the Chapel. Prince Philip’s Spirit at St George’s Chapel; The Queen of England sits alone in the second row of seats. Photo: Daily Mail Queen Elizabeth II stood bowing as her wife’s spirit was brought into the Chapel. Prince Philip’s officer hat and sword were placed on top of the coffin according to his wishes. His Royal Highnesses are housed on the Land Rover he designed. Photo: Daily Mail. Prince Charles and Princess Camillia attended his father’s funeral. Although the ceremony will be limited to 30 people inside the Chapel, in line with current UK epidemic restrictions, more than 700 servicemen will support an outside ceremony in honor of a glorious military career. by Prince Philip. Members of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, British Army and Royal Air Force will all attend. Prince Philip maintained close ties with the military community throughout his life after completing naval service in 1953, including holding the position of General of the Royal Marines. . Before the ceremony, the Duke’s spirit – with his personal flag flown, with a sword, navy cap and wreath placed on top – was brought to the Chapel from Windsor Castle in a procession by the Imperial Guards. family. According to the Duke’s will, coffin was carried in a modified Land Rover, designed by Prince Philip himself. The Land Rover car carried Prince Philip’s coffin, behind him his children, grandchildren and close aides. Photo: Daily Mail Tears rolled down Prince Charles’s cheeks as he walked behind his father’s car. Photo: Reuters Diagram of Prince Philip’s procession to St George’s Chapel. Photo: CNN Walking behind the car are senior members of the Royal Family, including Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, Prince William and Prince Harry. All dressed in civilian clothing. Some of the Duke’s closest aides, including his personal secretary and bodyguard, will also walk in the procession. Meanwhile, the rest of the members attended the ceremony, including Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; Princess Beatrice; Princess Eugenie and other family members will arrive at the chapel by car. Two brothers Prince William and Harry, grandson Prince Philip, walked after excitedly into the church. Prince Harry’s wife, Duchess Meghan – Duchess of Sussex, who is pregnant with the couple’s second child and living in the US, did not attend the funeral due to her doctor’s advice not to travel by air. practice. Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth arrives at the Chapel in her private car. Queen Elizabeth II got out of the car and entered the church to attend the funeral. Photo: Getty Images Before that, a series of cannons were fired one minute apart and curfew bells fell to herald the funeral, while a minute of silence across the country marked the beginning of the ceremony. Inside the chapel, all members of the congregation wear masks according to public health protocol. Prince Philip’s favorite chariot was beaten to St George’s Chapel before the funeral. His hat, gloves and scarf are in the correct place where the Prince usually sits. Photo: Daily Mail Prince Harry sat alone in a corner of the Chapel during his funeral. His wife, Princess Meghan, did not attend the ceremony because she was pregnant with her second child. Photo: Daily Mail The Duke of Edinburgh was carefully involved in the planning of his funeral, choosing the music and making sure the ceremony reflected his military ties and personal interests. The ceremony, conducted by Bishop David Conner and Archbishop of Canterbury, Welby, is scheduled to last for 50 minutes. A four-man choir, with an organ, will sing songs selected by the Duke, including “Jubilate in C” by Benjamin Britten. After that, the Duke’s coffin will be lowered to the Royal Tomb (Royal Vault), the resting place of many members of the Royal Family. The crypt is located underneath the Chapel, built by King George III, one of the kings also buried there. However, the Royal Tomb would not be Prince Philip’s final resting place. When the Queen dies, his remains will be transported to the King George VI memorial chapel to be located next to her. At the Duke’s request, the end of the funeral would be marked with the Royal Marines’ Action Stations, which is a notice traditionally sent out from a naval warship to signify. that everyone should go to combat positions. The Archbishop of Canterbury then proclaimed the Blessing and the ceremony ended with a national anthem. Watch video of cannon shots resounding across the UK in tribute to Prince Philip on April 10 (Source: VOA) Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II in this 2003 photo in Muick, Scotland. Photo: Buckingham Palace / AP Large screen with a picture of Prince Philip at Picadilly roundabout, London. Photo: CNN People place flowers to commemorate Prince Philip outside Windsor Castle. Photo: CNN