Radio presenter: World leaders attending Pope Francis’ funeral

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00:00So really breaking with protocol in many ways with the Catholic Church, Jono.

00:05But who is expected to attend his funeral?

00:08This will be a who's who of world leaders.

00:11So far we've got names that have been put out there.

00:13Donald Trump has said he will attend the funeral.

00:15Vladimir Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron will be there as well.

00:18Prince William will be there.

00:20There was some speculation that even perhaps King Charles may be in attendance.

00:24But now we know that it's Prince William who will be representing the UK at large.

00:28There will be pretty much any world leader who is currently in his seat of power,

00:32be it prime ministers or presidents from around the world, will be in attendance at this.

00:37It will be on par with what we saw at Pope John Paul II's funeral in 2005.

00:42So we will be expecting a conglomeration of many, many world leaders

00:46who will all descend upon the Vatican when that funeral happens on Saturday.