The Royal Family united to pay tribute to Prince Philip on Tuesday 29 March at Westminster Abbey.
Among the guests in attendance was Lady Louise Windsor, 18, the daughter of Prince Edward and Sophie Countess of Wessex.
Lady Louise and her late grandfather shared a passion for carriage driving and the Duke of Edinburgh often attended equestrian events to watch his granddaughter.
Following his death, Prince Philip has left Lady Louise some very special and personal gifts.
Paying homage to their love of carriage driving, Lady Louise has inherited his two Fell ponies, Balmoral Nevis and Notlaw Storm, and his dark green four-wheeled carriage.
The carriage was seen during the funeral in April 2021 and it is his most recent one, which has been in his possession for around eight years.
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Lady Louise was seen carriage driving in Windsor just a handful of days before attending funeral in 2021, and Prince Philip has watched her in the past as she competed in the Private Driving Singles carriage during the Royal Windsor Horse Show.
Another funeral guest fond of carriage driving was Prince Philip’s closest friend Lady Brabourne.
Penelope Romsey, 67, is said to have been one of Prince Philip’s “closest confidantes”, despite their 32 year age gap.
The pair enjoyed a friendship which lasted decades, with the Duke of Edinburgh teaching Penny carriage driving back in 1994.
Penny and Prince Philip met at a polo match when she was 20 and in a relationship with Lord Romsey, Earl Mountbatten's grandson Norton Knatchbull.
Penny became Philip’s carriage driving partner and she became a regular visitor at Wood Farm, a cottage on Sandringham Estate where Prince Philip spent a lot of time since retiring in 2017.
According to reports, Philip nicknamed Penny “and also” as an “ affectionate signifier of the fact that he would insist on her attendance at any function”.
“Penny and the Duke of Edinburgh shared decades of affection,” a source told Grazia.
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