Kings, queens, princes and presidents were obliged to comply with the orders of the plan sitting at the funeral of Pope Francis – playing the second violin to Argentoms and Italy, and dictated by the French alphabet.
About 55 heads of states, 14 heads of government and 12 prevailing monarchs joined mourners in outdoor service in front of the Basilica of St. Piotr, watched by thousands and thousands of people around the world.
Pride of the place at the top of the stairs of St. Piotr Basilica went to Argentina, Franciszek’s hometown, whom President Javier Milei sat in the first place.
Then Italy appeared, a nation surrounding the Vatican, which formally recognized its sovereignty in 1929. Italian dignitaries occupied the second best places, because Francis was the bishop of Rome and the chief Catholic bishops of Italy.
The rest of the seats were dictated by the French alphabet, still considered the language of diplomacy. Guests from Allemagne (Germans) were amongst people near the front, and the delegation états -un (United States) provided President Donald Trump, and not placing in the third row, as some expected. As a result, he did not sit near the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
In these ranks, the royal – resembling the kings and queens of Spain and Belgium – had priority over other heads of states. Prince William sat with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in the third row, unexpectedly next to the German chancellor Olaf Scholz.
The prince, representing the king for the first time at the international funeral, was to sit with one other heir of Prince Haakon from Norway and his wife Princess Mette-Marit. However, plainly this part of the previously announced seating plan was not observed. Neither William nor Sir Keir had the first row seats, and Royaume-Uni (Great Britain) is late in the French alphabet.
For the first time, the prince represented the king at a world funeral.
Prince William briefly talked to President Trump and the first lady of Melania Trump in the basilica before the service, and also mentioned the words with French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte. Jordan’s king Abdullah and the Queen of Rania sat in the second row before Prince William.
President Trump drew attention to breaking the outfit, wearing blue as a substitute of black for the Vatican service.
There was no distinction between the Catholic and non -Catholic royal. Former US president Joe Biden, all his life, a Catholic, was not part of the official US delegation and sat further than dignitaries of États -unis.
