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Danes turn out to bid farewell to Prince Henrik

A private funeral will be held on Tuesday for the prince who died aged 83.

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Prince Henrik’s coffin arrives at Christiansborg Palace Church in Copenhagen (Mads Claus Rasmussen/AP)

Thousands of Danes have bid farewell to Denmark’s late Prince Henrik, husband of Queen Margrethe, whose casket is on public display in a Copenhagen chapel until a private funeral next week.

Draped in a Danish flag with his personal coat of arms, the coffin stood on a catafalque surrounded by a guard of honour — eight military officers — inside the chapel of the Christiansborg Palace as people silently walked past on Saturday.

Earlier in the day, royals briefly visited the chapel from where a private funeral will be held on Tuesday.

Queen Margrethe leaves Christiansborg Palace Church, where Price Henrik is lying in Castrum Doloris until a private funeral on Tuesday(Mads Claus Rasmussen/AP)
Queen Margrethe leaves Christiansborg Palace Church, where Price Henrik is lying in Castrum Doloris until a private funeral on Tuesday(Mads Claus Rasmussen/AP)

Last year, he stunned Danes when he said he did not want to be buried next to Margrethe as is the tradition.

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