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President, first lady to attend UK Queen´s funeral

Published : 12 Sep 2022, 22:59

  DF Report
Late Queen of United Kingdom Elisabeth II. File Photo: Xinhua.

President Sauli Niinistö and first lady Jenni Haukio will attend the state funeral of Queen of United Kingdom Elisabeth II, said the President Office in a press release on Monday.

The funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey in London on 19 September.

On the previous day, 18 September, the presidential couple will attend a reception hosted by King Charles III at Buckingham Palace.

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch in history, has died on 8 September.

King Charles III was formally proclaimed Britain's new monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council at St James's Palace on Saturday.