Royal photographer Arthur Edwards has revealed the Duke of Edinburgh arranged for him to take pictures at his funeral while hidden in a fake pillar.
The pillar was positioned at the top of the stairs into St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle where the funeral took place earlier this month.
Edwards told The Sun that Prince Philip planned every minute of his funeral and a letter box-shaped slit in the pillar allowed him to photograph just two yards away from the raw emotion.
"From the most unusual vantage point of my 44 years of photographing the royals, I was close enough to see Prince Charles - the man I have known for more than half his life - look broken," Edwards told the outlet.
The photographer described Prince Charles as being close to tears and said he could see the royal realised the task he had to assist the future of the monarchy.
Edwards said Prince Harry and Prince William never glanced at each other as they walked into the chapel but said he was pleased to see them conversing following the ceremony.
He told The Sun that seeing both Harry and William chatting was a sign there is hope of reconciliation in the House of Windsor.
The Duke of Edinburgh died just two months shy of his 100th birthday and was married to the Queen for 73 years.
COVID-19 restrictions allowed for only 30 people to attend the funeral.
