ONLY 30 mourners are attending Prince Philip's funeral which will take place on Saturday afternoon in a royal send-off like no other.

Due to COVID regulations, the Royal Family has been forced to scale back the affair - with even the Prime Minister giving up his space.

Buckingham Palace has released the list of those who attending as the Duke of Edinburgh is laid to rest in Windsor on Saturday afternoon.

Philip's immediate family - including the Queen, Princess Anne, Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward - obviously top the list of mourners.

All of the duke’s grandchildren and their spouses - including William, Harry, Eugenie and Beatrice - will also be attending.

Three of Philip's German relatives - Bernhard, the Hereditary Prince of Baden; Donatus, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse; and Prince Philipp of Hohenlohe-Langenburg - are among the attendees.

They have been staying with a mutual friend in Ascot, Berkshire, so they can safely be there today.

The trio are great-nephews and a cousin of Philip - with the duke making it clear he wanted his "blood" family to be included in his funeral arrangements.

Also invited is a close friend of the duke, Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

The 67-year-old countess - Penelope "Penny" Knatchbull is Philip's carriage-driving companion.

Others include the Queen's first cousins Princess Alexandra, the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent, who loyally supported the monarch and Philip by carrying out royal duties over the decades.