Furthermore, the newly chosen Prime Minister Canada, Mark Carneyexpected during the inauguration. High -ranking representatives have also registered from Germany: the newly elected Chancellor Friedrich Merz as well as his CDU colleague and Bundestag president Julia Klöckner have announced that they want to take the trip to Rome. His predecessor Olaf Scholz had already appeared in Rome at the funeral of Francis.
Representatives of European royal houses have also announced their participation in the inauguration fair of Pope Leo XIV. This is how on Sunday King Felipe VI. and Queen Letizia of Spain,, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium,, Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg,, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands,, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden,, Prince Albert II. and Princess Charlène of Monaco as well as Prince Edward,, Duke of Edinburgh, expected in the Vatican.
