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Originally Posted by Elsa M.
Monárquicos querem feriado no dia do Regicídio - Observatório do Algarve
The Royal Cause wants next February 1st (100th anniversary of the regicide) to be considered a National Mourning Day.
On February 1st 1908, at Terreiro do Paço (Lisboa), King D. Carlos and the crown prince, D. Luís Filipe, were shot by two members of the Carbonária, as they were coming back from Vila Viçosa.
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I don't think their request will be attended. Portugal has now a socialist (and republican) government. I am not seeing the Prime-Minister Sócrates, a fervous supporter of republicanism, mourning for King Dom Carlos and his son
Anyway, I think this date should be remembered by the formal Authorities. It represents a mark in the Portuguese history and a tragedy to this Royal Family.