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Royalty out in force for funeral of Luxembourg grand duchess

Fri Jan 14, 3:13 PM ET
Entertainment - AFP



LUXEMBOURG (AFP) - Members of 15 royal houses from Europe and beyond will be in attendance Saturday for the funeral of Luxembourg Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte, who died this week aged 77.


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Luxembourg authorities said Friday that the burial service would be held at the national cathedral at 1110 GMT.



A 21-gun salute will boom out, while the pallbearers will be drawn from the royal family and the tiny country's armed forces.



Josephine-Charlotte, the Belgian-born mother of Luxembourg's reigning monarch Grand Duke Henri, died of lung cancer on Monday.



Her younger brother, King Albert II, will lead the delegation of mourners from neighbouring Belgium.



Also in attendance are expected to be Spanish Queen Sofia, Queen Margrethe II II of Denmark, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Norway's Queen Sonja and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.



The British royal family will be represented by Prince Andrew, while Japan's Prince Akishino, Jordan's Prince El Hassan Bin and Prince Albert of Monaco are also expected.



Representatives of three former royal houses, from Bulgaria, Greece and Iran, will also attend.






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