{"id":184369,"date":"2017-12-14T11:34:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T09:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=184369"},"modified":"2017-12-14T11:34:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T09:34:33","slug":"king-michaels-body-brought-to-romania-for-final-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/king-michaels-body-brought-to-romania-for-final-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"King Michael\u2019s body, brought to Romania for final rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The coffin with the body of King Michael was brought to Romania on Wednesday, December 13, aboard a Romanian Air Force aircraft.<\/h4>\n<p>Eight soldiers of the Michael the Brave 30<sup>th<\/sup> Guards Brigade carried the coffin from the aircraft and placed it on a catafalque in front of the Henri Coanda Airport\u2019s Official Lounge.<\/p>\n<p>The Army\u2019s band played Romania\u2019s national anthem and the royal anthem, following which His Eminence Hon Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Targoviste, offered a litany for the rest of King Michael\u2019s soul. The King\u2019s spiritual father, Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Central Europe, attended the service.<\/p>\n<p>The event was carried out in the attendance of the Royal Family head, Custodian of the Romanian Crown, Princess Margareta, Prince Radu, and members of the Royal Family: Irina Walker, Princess Maria, Nicolae de Roumanie Medforth Mills, Karina de Roumanie.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftrinitastv%2Fvideos%2F777559825762016%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The coffin with the body of King Michael I arrived on Wednesday afternoon at the Peles Castle in Sinaia, accompanied by the head of the Royal Family, the Romanian Crown Custodian Princess Margareta, Prince Radu and other members of the Royal Family.<\/p>\n<p>In the evening, the casket was brought to the Royal Palace Hall of the Throne in Bucharest, where numerous representatives of the state\u2019s institutions and diplomatic corps paid their last respects to the former sovereign and extended condolences to the Royal Family.<\/p>\n<p>His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania will lead King Michael\u2019s funeral service on Saturday, December 16, in the attendance of representatives of several European and international royal families.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-184369 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1024x683' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_8877.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_8877-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" 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Wednesday, December 13, aboard a Romanian Air Force aircraft. Eight soldiers of the Michael the Brave 30th Guards Brigade carried the coffin from the aircraft and placed it on a catafalque in front of the Henri Coanda Airport\u2019s Official Lounge. 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