Death and Funeral of Grand Duke Jean: April 23 & May 4, 2019


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Has the Empress Farah confirmed her attendance or anyone from the Japanese Imperial Family?
 
Thanks for the updates and information!:flowers:

Hopefully Princess Takamado will be dispatched to represent the Imperial House.
 
Somebody said:
They are rather inconsistent in their listing. In some cases they add what they are a king/queen/prince(ss) of and in other cases they don't. For example: for Norway it's just 'the king and queen', while for Belgium and Sweden the country/people are included. In the case of Jordan 'of Jordan' is consistently mentioned while they don't include the 'of X' for most other princesses.

And they decided not to include the non-reigning royal families in the list. That's probably the easiest distinction as it would be harder to decide who to include and who to leave out.
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The link said “ list of confirmed reigning royal families”, so it is understandable that non-reigning royals were not listed. Maybe they will publish a full guest list later.

Is any Head of State of an European republic attending the funeral ? If GD Jean were a sitting Head of State, there might.be, as was the case at King Baudouin’s funeral, but , since he was only a former Head of State, I don’t think so.

I am disappointed there is no confirmed representation from Japan, but I suppose that is understandable given the new Emoeror’s accession.
 
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Mbruno said:
Is any Head of State of an European republic attending the funeral ? If GD Jean were a sitting Head of State, there might.be, as was the case at King Baudouin’s funeral, but , since he was only a former Head of State, I don’t think so.
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Notz an acting Head of State but from Germany former President Joachim Gauck is coming.

Joachim Gauck erweist Großherzog die letzte Ehre
 
eya said:
And the Prince Jean, Count of Paris confirm his presence at the funeral:

"J'ai été attristé par la mort du grand-duc Jean de Luxembourg, mon cousin. C'était un monarque courageux qui a grandement contribué à libérer son pays en septembre 1944.
Je serai présent lors de ses funérailles le 4 mai à Luxembourg. Je le confie à vos prières ainsi que sa famille, notamment le grand-duc Henri."
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The "mon cousin" here is usual in correspondance between heads of royal houses.
See the correspondence of King George VI to Queen Wilhelmina regarding the Belgian royal family:


26 March 1945
"Dear cousin Wilhelmina… I am very interested to hear that cousin Elisabeth spoke to you about Leopold [no cousin here?] and the children. As you say, we can never strike that bargain with the Germans but I feel there must be some other way of getting him free."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48104258
 
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Does anyone know which television channels will broadcast the funeral?
 
I just realized that young princess Elisabeth from Belgium will also attend. Should be an official premiere for her.
 
fandesacs2003 said:
I just realized that young princess Elisabeth from Belgium will also attend. Should be an official premiere for her.
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Grand Duke Jean was her grand uncle, so there is a family connection that justifies Elisabeth's attendance. Having said that, the fact that she is attending, but her younger siblings are not, suggests some connection wih her position as the heir to the throne. As Elisabeth is not 18 yet, I wouldn't expect her to represent her country abroad in an official capacity so soon.
 
Mbruno said:
Grand Duke Jean was her grand uncle, so there is a family connection that justifies Elisabeth's attendance. Having said that, the fact that she is attending, but her younger siblings are not, suggests some connection wih her position as the heir to the throne. As Elisabeth is not 18 yet, I wouldn't expect her to represent her country abroad in an official capacity so soon.
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She will remain low key for the years to come. Recently her father made known he does not want his daughter to receive an allowance when she becomes 18 in October. This because it would bring pressure on the Princess. The King wishes his daughter a focus on her studies and her free life as long as possible.

With this in mind, the attendance of Princess Élisabeth at this funeral indeed must be seen as familial.

Hendrik-Jan77 said:
Does anyone know which television channels will broadcast the funeral?
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Just browse to rtl.lu for a livestream. When you have a smart tv and fast ethernet, you can see it on your wide screen in HD, as well. Maybe EuroNews will broadcast a "No Comment" (the entire broadcast without any voice-over).
 
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So nice to see all those boy and girl scouts in the streets of Luxembourg City.
 
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Beautiful this French song currently sung by the choir!
Anyone knows the lyrics?
 
Biri said:
Beautiful this French song currently sung by the choir!
Anyone knows the lyrics?
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The song sung after the first reading by Archduchess Marie Astrid is called Céleste Jérusalem, you can easily find the lyrics by googling it.
 
Prince Albert II of Monaco arrives alone yet again.
 
I'm just watching it…. very Moving….impressive to see all these Royals paying homage.
 
Oh, Irish Guards now playing!

Beautiful melody!

And now "Abide with me"
 
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Albert and Paola sitting with the rest of the Luxembourg family, shows how close they were to GD Jean.
 
Another beautiful song now!
What title it is?
 
Duc_et_Pair said:
Logical. Albert's own sister was Jean's wife.
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Yes, but from all the Belgian RF, the only ones were them.
I remember when Fabiola died, all the Luxembourg family were grouped together with the Belgian relatives.
That's why I find it a bit strange that P&M and the rest of the Belgian RF aren't seated with them.
 
Great to see the Countess Mountbatten of Burma and Lady Elizabeth Shakerley née Anson.

leidi said:
Yes, but from all the Belgian RF, the only ones were them.
I remember when Fabiola died, all the Luxembourg family were grouped together with the Belgian relatives.
That's why I find it a bit strange that P&M and the rest of the Belgian RF aren't seated with them.
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Maybe because Luxembourg family is immense. Some 40+ people. Choices had to be made regarding the seating arrangements, I think.
 
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leidi said:
Yes, but from all the Belgian RF, the only ones were them.
I remember when Fabiola died, all the Luxembourg family were grouped together with the Belgian relatives.
That's why I find it a bit strange that P&M and the rest of the Belgian RF aren't seated with them.
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I think it is only because the Luxembourg extended family is so big the organizers preferred to put the rest of the family with other authorities. Plus this is a State a funeral, Philippe and Mathilde were in in the first row with other monarchs and the other princes/princess were seated among the other authorities.
 
Irish Guards again playing, as Luxembourgish soldiers carrying the coffin out.
 
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Irish Guards again playing, as Luxembourgish soldiers carrying the coffin.
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Did the Grand Duke serve among them? Why did they play (movingly btw)?
 
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leidi said:
Yes, but from all the Belgian RF, the only ones were them.
I remember when Fabiola died, all the Luxembourg family were grouped together with the Belgian relatives.
That's why I find it a bit strange that P&M and the rest of the Belgian RF aren't seated with them.
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King Philippe was seated with the other reigning monarchs.
 
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