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Who is Penelope Knatchbull and how did she know Prince Philip?

WINDSOR, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 14: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, and Lady Penny Brabourne (Formerly Lady Penny Romsey) watch the driven dressage from the Prince's Landrover during day three of the Royal Windsor Horse Show 2009 on May 14, 2009 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Indigo/Getty Images)
Penelope Knatchbull remained one of Prince Philip’s closest friends for several decades (Picture: Getty Images)

The Queen had to make some difficult decisions for the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral today.

In ordinary times, some 800 people would have attended the ceremony at St George’s Chapel, on the grounds of Windsor Castle.

But due to Covid restrictions just 30 people were to attend, all but four of whom are members of the Royal Family.

Three of the Duke’s German relatives – whose ancestors were denied a place at his wedding in the aftermath of the Second World War – were at today’s ceremony.

Completing the list was one of Prince Philip’s closest companions, Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

She joined the Queen and Philip’s four children and eight grandchildren with their respective spouses for the 3pm service, beginning with a national minute’s silence.

Who is Penelope Knatchbull – what was her relationship to Prince Philip?

EMBARGOED TO 1700 THURSDAY APRIL 15 File photo dated 17/05/09 of the Duke of Edinburgh with Penelope Knatchbull, the then Lady Brabourne, now the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, who is one of the 30 guests who will be in attendance at the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral at Windsor Castle on Saturday. Issue date: Thursday April 15, 2021.
Penny, as she is known to friends, bonded with the Duke when he taught her carriage riding in the 90s (Picture: PA)

Born Penelope Meredith Mary Eastwood in London in 1953, Countess Mountbatten was the daughter of Marian Elizabeth Hood and Reginald Wray Frank Eastwood – founder of the Angus Steakhouse chain.

In 1979 she married Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma, from whom she gets her title.

The Earl is the the grandson of Philip’s beloved uncle the 1st Earl Mountbatten, who was murdered by the IRA in 1979.

He was also a close friend of Prince Charles, who was best man at his wedding.

Countess Mountbatten, previously known as Lady Romsey and later Lady Brabourne, had three children with the Earl – Nicholas, Alexandra and Leonora.

WINDSOR, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 12: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Penelope Knatchbull, Lady Brabourne attend day 3 of the Royal Windsor Horse Show in Home Park on May 12, 2007 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
The pair were often seen together at the Royal Windsor Horse show (Picture: Getty Images)

Known as ‘Penny’ among friends, Lady Brabourne, 68, became one of the Duke’s closest confidants when he began teaching her carriage driving in 1994.

It is understood she became good friends with both him and the Queen in 1991 after Leonora died of liver cancer at just five years old.

The quickly became close friends and were often seen together at the Royal Windsor Horse show, sometimes riding mini motorcycles around the carriage driving course.

Penny became the Duke’s regular riding companion and she is one of the main reasons he carried on with the sport well into his nineties.

After the Duke’s retirement, she was a regular visitor at his Wood Farm cottage on the edge of the royal Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

Penny Brabourne, Countess Mountbatten of Burma arrives for the funeral service of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021. - Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, died on April 9 aged 99 just weeks after a month-long stay in hospital for treatment to a heart condition and an infection. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
Lady Brabourne, 69, arrives for the funeral service on the grounds of Windsor Castle (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

Their friendship was so close that palace staff reportedly nicknamed her ‘and also’, because no guest list was complete without her.

In 2010 it emerged that Lord Brabourne had been having an affair and had gone to start a new life with another woman in the Bahamas.

Both the Queen and Philip were said to have shown a great deal of admiration for Lady Brabourne’s insistence that life should carry on as normal on her family estate in Hampshire.

Lord Brabourne returned to Broadlands in 2014, initially moving into a stableblock.

However in 2017 it was reported that he was allowed back into the 60-room mansion to live with the Countess again.

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.

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Prince Philip funeral: Key details

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh passed away on Friday April 9, just two months shy of his 100th birthday.

Today, the Duke was interred in the Royal Vault at St George’s Chapel - where he will remain until his wife of 73 years dies, whereupon they will be buried together.

Only 30 mourners were present at the funeral due to current Covid-19 restrictions - with the Queen having to sit alone.

Although well-wishers were urged to not line the streets of Windsor, they could watch the ceremony on TV.

Another way to pay your respects to the late Duke is to sign the official online book of condolence.

Here are the key details:

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