Chapter 15: Mourning in Portugal 🇵🇹
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Chapter 15: Mourning in the Portuguese Republic: The Death of Portugal's Popular First Lady
BREAKING NEWS ALERT: PORTUGUESE FIRST LADY CATALINA GONSALVES PASSES AWAY FROM UNDISCLOSED ILLNESS
*Portuguese First Lady had been battling undisclosed illness for three years.
*Flags across Portugal at half-mast.
*Regularly scheduled programming interrupted.
*Sunday, 12 June 1983: Portugueseans woke up to the stunning news as regularly scheduled programming was abruptly interrupted when news stations across the Portuguese Republic confirmed that Portuguese First Lady Catalina Gonsalves, the wife of Portuguese President General Winfield Gonsalves, passed away early Sunday morning at the Belen Palace (Residence of the Portuguese President) surrounded by her family including her husband, President Gonsalves himself.
Palace insiders detailed Mrs. Gonsalves had been battling an undisclosed illness for three years and had recently stopped further medical treatments several months earlier as the secret undisclosed illness had spread throughout her entire body.
STATE FUNERAL OF PORTUGUESE FIRST LADY CATALINA GONSALVES DRAWS THOUSANDS
Saturday, 25 June 1983: The flag-draped casket of the late Portuguese First Lady Catalina Gonsalves placed on horse-drawn caisson following State Funeral services.
On the morning hours of Friday, June 17th, thousands of mourners lined up the streets of Lisbon to pay their respects to the late Portuguese First Lady Catalina Gonsalves as they filed past her open casket inside the Rotunda of Parliament House. An estimated 3,373,683 had paid their respects during the week of June 17th to 24th.
Among those paying their respects included several foreign dignitaries: Colombian President Lieutenant General Seymour Quintero; US Secretary of State George P. Shultz; Brazilian President Joao Figueredo; British Prime Minister Geoffrey Howe; Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau; French President Francois Mitterrand and countless others.
On the morning of Saturday, June 25th: the State Funeral took place at Mosteiro dos Jeronimos which was aired on nationwide television across Portugal. Among the foreign dignitaries attendance: King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain; US President Ronald Reagan and his wife, US First Lady Nancy Reagan; King Charles III of the United Kingdom; Prince Rainier III of Monaco; French President Francois Mitterrand; Chilean President Captain General Augusto Pinochet; Brazilian President Joao Figueredo; King Baudoiun I and Queen Fabiola of Belgium; Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier; Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga; Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Philippine First Lady/Vice President Imelda Marcos; Republic of Korea President Chun Doo-hwan and his wife, Republic of Korea First Lady Lee Soon-ja and many countless other foreign dignitaries.
Following the State Funeral festivities, Catalina's flag-draped casket was carried out of the Mostiero dos Jeronimos: where Departure Honors were rendered with playing of the Portuguese National Anthem & the loud 21 Cannon Salute; following the Departure Honors, Catalina's flag-draped casket was placed on a horse-drawn caisson, which was accompanied by 73 limousines containing members of the Gonsalves family and several members of the Portuguese government including high-profile figures of the Portuguese Armed Forces in a long funeral procession through the streets of Lisbon before heavy crowds of mourners with an estimated 6,673,683 in attendance.
Before a small circle of family and friends, Catalina was laid to rest in a private entombment ceremony in the outskirts of Lisbon.
According to insiders, plans are currently underway constructing a very large tomb of the late Portuguese First Lady, which will eventually become her final resting place.
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BREAKING NEWS ALERT: PORTUGUESE FIRST LADY CATALINA GONSALVES PASSES AWAY FROM UNDISCLOSED ILLNESS
*Portuguese First Lady had been battling undisclosed illness for three years.
*Flags across Portugal at half-mast.
*Regularly scheduled programming interrupted.
*Sunday, 12 June 1983: Portugueseans woke up to the stunning news as regularly scheduled programming was abruptly interrupted when news stations across the Portuguese Republic confirmed that Portuguese First Lady Catalina Gonsalves, the wife of Portuguese President General Winfield Gonsalves, passed away early Sunday morning at the Belen Palace (Residence of the Portuguese President) surrounded by her family including her husband, President Gonsalves himself.
Palace insiders detailed Mrs. Gonsalves had been battling an undisclosed illness for three years and had recently stopped further medical treatments several months earlier as the secret undisclosed illness had spread throughout her entire body.
STATE FUNERAL OF PORTUGUESE FIRST LADY CATALINA GONSALVES DRAWS THOUSANDS
Saturday, 25 June 1983: The flag-draped casket of the late Portuguese First Lady Catalina Gonsalves placed on horse-drawn caisson following State Funeral services.
On the morning hours of Friday, June 17th, thousands of mourners lined up the streets of Lisbon to pay their respects to the late Portuguese First Lady Catalina Gonsalves as they filed past her open casket inside the Rotunda of Parliament House. An estimated 3,373,683 had paid their respects during the week of June 17th to 24th.
Among those paying their respects included several foreign dignitaries: Colombian President Lieutenant General Seymour Quintero; US Secretary of State George P. Shultz; Brazilian President Joao Figueredo; British Prime Minister Geoffrey Howe; Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau; French President Francois Mitterrand and countless others.
On the morning of Saturday, June 25th: the State Funeral took place at Mosteiro dos Jeronimos which was aired on nationwide television across Portugal. Among the foreign dignitaries attendance: King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain; US President Ronald Reagan and his wife, US First Lady Nancy Reagan; King Charles III of the United Kingdom; Prince Rainier III of Monaco; French President Francois Mitterrand; Chilean President Captain General Augusto Pinochet; Brazilian President Joao Figueredo; King Baudoiun I and Queen Fabiola of Belgium; Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier; Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga; Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Philippine First Lady/Vice President Imelda Marcos; Republic of Korea President Chun Doo-hwan and his wife, Republic of Korea First Lady Lee Soon-ja and many countless other foreign dignitaries.
Following the State Funeral festivities, Catalina's flag-draped casket was carried out of the Mostiero dos Jeronimos: where Departure Honors were rendered with playing of the Portuguese National Anthem & the loud 21 Cannon Salute; following the Departure Honors, Catalina's flag-draped casket was placed on a horse-drawn caisson, which was accompanied by 73 limousines containing members of the Gonsalves family and several members of the Portuguese government including high-profile figures of the Portuguese Armed Forces in a long funeral procession through the streets of Lisbon before heavy crowds of mourners with an estimated 6,673,683 in attendance.
Before a small circle of family and friends, Catalina was laid to rest in a private entombment ceremony in the outskirts of Lisbon.
According to insiders, plans are currently underway constructing a very large tomb of the late Portuguese First Lady, which will eventually become her final resting place.
COMING UP IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Personal PoV's.
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