The Prince of Wales and Sir Keir Starmer have respected the Pope when world leaders for their funeral in the Plaza de San Pedro del Vaticano were joined.
Prince William, who represented his father Rey Carlos III, stopped next to the prime minister for a moment of silence in front of Pope Francis’s coffin.
The prince, with a dark blue suit and a black tie, squeezed his hands while he solemnly before the funeral mass, before walking through the ornate basilica of San Pedro to meet a member of the clergy and be guided to his seat.
It is the first time that Prince William has represented the monarch, who is the head of the Church of England, at an international funeral.
Some 55 heads of state, 14 heads of government and 12 reigning monarchs joined the mourners for the outdoor service in front of the basilica.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, and the French president Emmanuel Macron are among the attendees, as well as the Volodymyr Zensky of Ukraine and the former president of the United States, Joe Biden.
Prince William spoke a letter to Trump and the first lady Melania Trump on her way to the service, said Kensington Palace.
Hi, he also spoke with Macron and his wife Brigitte.
The decision of the throne heir to attend a papal funeral is in line with the modern tradition: after the king, while the Prince of Wales, attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005 in Wormf of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
Sir Keir joined his wife, Victoria, and Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
The authorities confirmed that Zensky and Trump before the service, one day after the American envoy Steve Witkoff with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as the conversations between the three nations continue to end the war.
Pope Francis died 88 on Easter Monday.
The Vatican estimates that 200,000 people attend the Pope’s funeral in the Plaza de San Pedro and the surrounding area.
