THE Queen has “spared the Duke of Sussex’s embarrassment” by ruling that no royal will wear military uniform to Prince Philip’s funeral.

Prince Harry faced being the only senior male royal not to wear a military uniform to the funeral after being forced to give up his honorary military appointments.

Prince Andrew was also at the centre of a row about whether he should be allowed to wear his admiral’s uniform.

Insiders involved in planning for Saturday’s funeral, The Sun says, claim the Queen personally stepped in to suggest all senior male royals wear suits and ties.

A military source told The Sun: “It’s the most eloquent solution to the problem.”

Another source confirmed last night that “current thinking is no uniforms”.

The Duke of Sussex, 36, was stripped of his military titles when he quit his royal life with Meghan.

However, Harry did two tours of Afghanistan meaning he is allowed to wear medals at royal functions.

Andrew, 61, was made an honorary Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy in 2015.

Who is attending the funeral?

The Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral will be a family affair attended by close relatives, with the guest list limited to just 30 because of coronavirus restrictions.

The Queen and Philip’s children and grandchildren will gather to pay their respects to the much-loved royal patriarch, who died on Friday at the age of 99.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not be present to allow for as many family members as possible to be there amid the Covid-19 rules.

The duke’s long-standing close aide, his private secretary Brigadier Archie Miller Bakewell, will be one of the few, and possibly only, non-royals invited to attend the historic occasion inside St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on Saturday.

Brigadier Miller Bakewell had been the duke’s right-hand man for 11 years, taking on the role in 2010.

It will be a royal funeral like no other, with the Queen and her family wearing face masks and socially distancing as they gather to say their final farewell.

The Queen had the difficult task of deciding who should attend the service in honour of her husband of 73 years.

It was originally planned long ago for 800 guests but had to take into account the strict limit on numbers during the pandemic.

The Queen’s four children and their spouses – the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, the Duke of York, and the Earl and Countess of Wessex – will be present.

The Queen and Philip also had eight grandchildren: Peter Phillips, Zara Tindall, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Sussex, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Lady Louise Windsor and Viscount Severn.

The Duchess of Cambridge, a future queen, will also attend.

The grandchildren’s other spouses – Mike Tindall, Jack Brooksbank and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi – may attend to support their wives, but, the Queen might, given they are not senior royals, decide to include other relatives or members of the household instead.

While Harry will be there, the Duchess of Sussex, who is pregnant with her second child, will not.

She will remain in California after she was not given medical clearance by her doctor to travel.

Meghan is due to give birth in the summer and previously suffered a miscarriage.