Prince Philip's carriage to be a touching feature of his funeral

Prince Philip's polished dark green carriage, which he rode in his 90s, will be on procession route at Windsor Castle as a tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh's affection with it.

The Queen's husband reportedly  took up the sport of carriage driving in his 50s when what he called his “dodgy” arthritic wrist forced him to give up polo playing, and continued competing into his 80s. 

In more recent years Philip could still be seen driving, reins in hand, just for fun. Right into his 90s, Prince Harry's grandfather  continued to drive his team of fell ponies around the royal estates from the box seat of a carriage he designed himself.

 The Duke's polished dark green carriage, accompanied by two of his grooms, will stand in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle as his coffin is carried past in a procession on a Land Rover hearse.

The four-wheeled carriage was built to his specifications eight years ago and can seat four people and harness up to eight horses. 

It has two padded black leather seats and a clock mounted on brass at the front, presented by the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars in 1978 to mark his 25 years as their colonel-in-chief.

Prince Philip's horse-drawn wheeled carriage and his black fell ponies, Balmoral Nevis and Notlaw Storm, born in 2008, will be a touching feature of his funeral.