President Jair Bolsonaro declared this Thursday (8) an official three-day mourning for the death of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. The act was published in an extra edition of the Official Gazette (DOU). The announcement of the monarch’s death, aged 96was made by Buckingham Palace in the early afternoon.
By law, during official mourning, the National Flag is flown at half-mast in all public offices.
One of the last official manifestations of Queen Elizabeth II was precisely in relation to Brazil. She published a message, addressing the President of the Republic, to send congratulations to the Brazilian people for the celebration of 200 years of Independence. In the message, the queen said that she fondly remembered her visit to the country in 1968.
On social media, other Brazilian authorities expressed their regret over the death of the British monarch, who was the longest-lived queen of the Crown’s history. “On behalf of the Brazilian National Congress, I offer my condolences to the family and to all the people of the United Kingdom,” wrote Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco.
The president of the Chamber of Deputies also issued a statement. “In conveying our condolences to the British people and their royal family, I recall the historic links between Brazil and the United Kingdom, which date back to the early years of our life as an independent nation and which were strengthened while Queen Elizabeth reigned,” he wrote. Deputy Arthur Lira.
Vice President Hamilton Mourão also took to social media to speak out about the death of Elizabeth II. “The Queen of our generation leaves our society today, those born in the 1950s who got used to seeing her as a symbol of the United Kingdom itself. The moment is a tribute to this unique figure of statesman”, he posted.
