Mallorca leader to attend Urda train crash funeral

Mallorca’s president, Marga Prohens, is due in Toledo, Spain, on Tuesday for a funeral Mass for victims of the train crash in Urda, in Toledo province. The service starts at 19.00 in Toledo Cathedral, the Balearic Islands government says. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will also attend.

Archbishop of Toledo Francisco Cerro will lead the service alongside auxiliary bishop Francisco César García. The Balearic government’s second vice-president, Antònia Maria Estarellas, will also be there.

Before travelling to the funeral, Prohens is due at a sitting of the Balearic parliament beginning at 09.00. At 11.00, she will receive the British ambassador to Spain, Alex Ellis, and vice-consul Randy Valbuena at the parliament building.

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com