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After months of being shuttered, pubs and restaurants have undertaken renovations to maximise their ability to serve customers outside.

A national minute’s silence will be observed as the funeral begins on Saturday at 3pm.

The UK is officially in a period of national mourning for the next week, up to and including the funeral on Saturday afternoon.

Shops will be able to extend their opening hours from 7am to 10pm to help customers avoid peak times and ease transport pressures.

Just 30 people can attend funerals as guests during the current Covid restrictions.

Coronavirus restrictions mean Prince Philip’s will be one of the smallest funerals of any senior royal for decades.

Mr Cameron was said to have described the decision to exclude his employer’s firm, Greensill Capital, from the multibillion-pound scheme as ‘nuts’.

The duke’s funeral will take place in Windsor Castle on April 17,

The duke died peacefully in his sleep on Friday at the age of 99.

On the grass in the Quadrangle will be representative detachments drawn from Philip’s military special relationships.

The palace has revealed the arrangements for the funeral, which includes a national minute’s silence.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral will also be a ceremonial royal occasion but arrangements have changed because of the pandemic.

The Land Rover will process from the state entrance of Windsor Castle to St George’s Chapel just before his funeral on Saturday.

Philip retired from public life in 2017, and since then the Queen has been joined a number of times by her grandchildren at official events.

Businesses were told they are not expected to close during the period of national mourning.

She appeared on the reality show in 2006.

The Queen has decided the royal family will enter two weeks of royal mourning, and engagements will continue appropriate to the circumstances.

The Prince of Wales has spoken about his father the Duke of Edinburgh following his death on Friday.

The Duke of Sussex will be making the journey

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were married at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in 2018.