Sauli Niinistö will participate in Queen Elizabeth’s funeral

The President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö is traveling to Great Britain.

The President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö is traveling to London. Joona Rissanen

President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö and Mrs. Jenni Haukio will attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, who died last week. The office of the president informed about the matter.

The funeral will take place in London on September 19.

– The previous day, Sunday, September 18, the presidential couple will attend King Charles III’s reception at Buckingham Palace, the chancellery informs.

The Queen died last Thursday at the age of 96. The blessing ceremony will take place in Westminster Abbey. In the same church, Queen Elizabeth and the prince who died last year Philip was inaugurated in 1947.

The death of Queen Elizabeth touched Finns.

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