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For whatever reason HM the Queen does not do Foreign Funerals, preferring to send a representative in her place.

The death of the Roman Pontiff is not a sufficient reason to declare a public holiday.

Normally the wedding of the heir to the throne would be suffient reason for a public holiday, but both the Queen and Prince Charles are in agreement that such a declaration would invite unwonted comparison with the Prince's first marriage and have decided that the day should not not be marked in this way.