{"id":944,"date":"2025-04-26T22:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T15:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momanddad.my.id\/index.php\/2025\/04\/26\/key-absences-from-pope-franciss-funeral-from-king-charles-to-the-dutch-royal-family\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T22:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T15:44:11","slug":"key-absences-from-pope-franciss-funeral-from-king-charles-to-the-dutch-royal-circle-of-relatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momanddad.my.id\/index.php\/2025\/04\/26\/key-absences-from-pope-franciss-funeral-from-king-charles-to-the-dutch-royal-circle-of-relatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Key absences from Pope Francis’s funeral from King Charles to the Dutch royal circle of relatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pope Francis’s funeral used to be hung on 26 April with main dignitaries representing countries the world over.<\/p>\n

Amongst those that attended have been Britain’s Prince William and the President of the US, Donald Trump, along France’s Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, a number of main names overlooked out at the rite together with King Charles and Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja. Whilst some royals who overlooked out despatched representatives on their behalf, all the Dutch royal circle of relatives used to be absent.<\/p>\n

Here is the most important royals who did not attend the carrier, and why\u2026<\/p>\n

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King Charles<\/h2>\n
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Some of the largest names absent from the funeral used to be Britain’s King Charles, who had prior to now been on the funeral of Pope John Paul II. His son, the Prince of Wales, headed to the Vatican on his behalf, which is commonplace customized for the British royal circle of relatives<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Charles had represented his overdue mom, the Queen<\/strong>, at John Paul’s funeral in 2005. The transfer will probably be observed as a big milestone in William’s position as a world statesman and long run king.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dutch royal circle of relatives<\/h2>\n
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Even if many royal households, together with the ones of Jordan<\/strong> and Morocco, all the Dutch royal circle of relatives used to be absent for the instance. The cause of their absence is as a result of Willem-Alexander’s<\/strong> birthday celebrations, Koningsdag, have been being held at the identical day.<\/p>\n

The celebrations are in most cases hung on 27 April, which is Willem-Alexander’s birthday, the one exception is when 27 April falls on a Sunday, which it does in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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King Frederik<\/h2>\n
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Frederik’s spouse, Queen Mary<\/strong>, represented her husband on the funeral on Saturday. Frederik would have ordinarily attended, alternatively, the Dutch monarch used to be in Japan<\/strong> undertaking a state discuss with and used to be not able to make it again in time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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King Harald and Queen Sonja<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Prince Hans-Adam<\/h2>\n
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Liechtenstein<\/strong> used to be represented on the Pope’s funeral by means of Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie. It used to be now not showed why the heirs attended as a substitute of Prince Hans-Adam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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WATCH: Global leaders pay tribute to Pope Francis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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