Funeral of His Holiness Pope John Paul II
Their Excellencies Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC and Mrs Marlena Jeffery will represent Australia at the funeral of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, which is to be held on Friday, 8 April 2005 in Vatican City.
I am unable to attend the funeral due to the visit to Australia of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
The Governor-General and Mrs Jeffery hope then to resume their earlier programme to attend the marriage celebrations for His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles which have been deferred to Saturday, 9 April.
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