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The Minister of National Defense, Mihai Fifor, has extended condolence to the Romanian Royal House for the "immense loss" left by the death of King Mihai, underlining that the former royal was "the national symbol of resistance" who "displayed great courage in the times of the Romanian nation's trials."
The former royal died on Tuesday at 13:00hrs, EET, at his private residence in Switzerland. Princess Maria stood at Mihai I's bedside until the latter's death.
The body will lay in state in the Peles Castle Hall of Honour, and then in the Hall of the Throne at the Royal Palace in Bucharest on Calea Victoriei, for two days.
The funeral church service will take place at the Patriarchal Cathedral, and the interment at the New Archbishopric and Royal Cathedral in Curtea de Arges.
On Wednesday, the details of ex-King Mihai I's funeral will be unveiled, according to the Romanian Royal House.
AGERPRES .
