Mechelen is Not only prominent, but also many ordinary citizens have in the Sint-Rombouts cathedral, the uitvaartplechtigheid of cardinal Godfried Danneels attended. This morning there were people to queue for a place in the cathedral, everyone with his own reason.
The body of Danneels was around 9 hours already from the Archbishop’s Palace of Mechelen within worn in the cathedral. For two hours people could a final salute cast. In the meantime, arrived all the personalities and names of their place in. Interior Minister Pieter De Crem (CD&V) arrived first. Later followed other top politicians, among whom Kris Peeters (CD&V), Koen Geens (CD&V), Jan Peumans (N-VA) and Siegfried Bracke (N-VA). Also representatives of the recognised religions and the Union of Freethinking Associations arrived, in anticipation of king Filip and queen Mathilde, prince Laurent and princess Astrid.