Marcos sends sister to queen’s funeral

PRESIDENTIAL sister Maria Irene Celestina Marcos-Araneta was set to represent the Philippines during the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.��

She was accompanied by her spouse, Gregorio María Araneta III, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said in a statement on Monday. ��

“Mrs. Marcos-Araneta and her spouse will be attending the events for the state funeral beginning with the lying-in-state of the queen taking place today,” she said. ��

President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is in New York to attend the 17^th United Nations General Assembly. ��

World leaders and foreign dignitaries were expected to attend Monday’s funeral for the queen, who died on Sept. 8.��

“She exemplified to the world a true monarch’s great dignity, commitment to duty, and devotion to all those in her realm,” Mr. Marcos said after her death.��

Ms. Marcos-Araneta is the youngest among the three children of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos and his wife Imedla. — Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza��