President Donald Trump and his spouse Melania Trump have been among the many dozens of world figures who attended Pope Francis’ funeral Saturday in St. Peter’s Sq. in Rome.
An estimated crowd of 250,000 folks turned up for the occasion together with such dignitaries as French president Emmanuel Macron, U.Okay. prime minister Keir Starmer, Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky and Prince William amongst others. Though a number of of the heads of state wore black fits, POTUS selected a blue one. Fittingly, the custom of sporting black as an indication of mourning traces again to the Roman Empire, when a darkish or black yoga, which was often known as a “toga pulla,” symbolized the absence of coloration, mild and life, in line with some lecturers. Carrying black mourning fits with tails, Saturday’s pall bearers escorted Pope Francis’ zinc-lined cypress coffin.
The physique of the 266th pope was in a purple chasuble and a damask and gold-colored papal mitre. His burial on the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore makes him the primary pope to be buried exterior of The Vatican, since Leo XII in 1903.
President Donald Trump and First Woman Melania Trump attend Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Sq. Saturday.
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President Trump’s pre-funeral assembly with Zelensky inside St. Peter’s Basilica, and {a photograph} of the 2 males huddled with Macron and Starmer have attracted world consideration. Whereas negotiations about ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine have been in matches and begins, a second assembly between Trump and Zelensky was scheduled for Saturday. The Ukrainian chief didn’t put on the navy type apparel that he has maintained all through the conflict as an indication of solidarity to his nation’s troopers on Saturday. As an alternative, he turned up in a black buttoned collared jacket with black pants and black sneakers.
The First Woman wore an all-black ensemble from the Italian designer label Dolce & Gabbana. The previous mannequin selected a double breasted black coat in black light-weight wool that was paired with a black mantilla in silk georgette with a Chantilly lace border and black Chantilly lace gloves. The Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana supplied the equipment too. Trump’s predecessor Jill Biden additionally sported all black together with a mantilla. Her husband Joe, who’s among the many world’s practically one billion Catholics, arrived sporting a darkish go well with together with his signature Ray Ban aviator sun shades.
Pope Francis’ funeral coincides with Melania Trump’s 55th birthday. Like many at Saturday’s service, FLOTUS appeared solemn. The Slovenian-born former mannequin was raised in a rustic that’s 74 % Catholic.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives on the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Sq. on April 26, 2025.
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Trump had additionally worn an all-black ensemble and black mantilla by Dolce & Gabbana, when she met the late pope along with her husband in 2017. Throughout that go to, His Holiness had joked with the First Woman about feeding the President potica, a Slovenian hand-rolled pastry, her former spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham confirmed at the moment.
Trump has chosen Dolce & Gabbana for a number of key events. She departed for Italy Friday from Joint Andrew Base in a Dolce & Gabbana dove grey double-breasted trench coat with a black Hermès Birkin bag and Roger Vivier flats. The 2-time First Woman additionally selected a Dolce & Gabbana tailor-made black blazer with vast satin lapels over an unbuttoned white prime for her official 2025 White Home portrait that was photographed by Régine Mahaux. FLOTUS’ tuxedo-style go well with was accomplished with a Ralph Lauren cummerbund. Trump additionally selected a Dolce & Gabbana ensemble for her 2017 official portrait.
Requested about Trump’s affinity for the Italian model, Mahaux stated Friday, “She’s at all times had a fantastic relationship with Dolce & Gabbana. She is a really devoted individual and has been sporting their outfits for a protracted time. It made sense to selected them given the place of faith in Italian tradition.”
In 2016, after Gabbana, who co-founded the label with Dolce, thanked the First Woman for her help by describing her as a “DG Girl” on Instagram, he caught some warmth for doing so.
Wherever and at any time when first girls make main appearances on the worldwide stage, there may be loads of scrutiny. And generally their absence may be equally analyzed. Throughout a podcast interview with Taraji P. Henson earlier this week, Michelle Obama stated she needed to “principally trick” herself into skipping President Trump’s second inauguration.
“It began with not having something to put on,” Obama stated within the interview. “I used to be like, ‘If I’m not going to do that factor, I bought to inform my staff, I don’t even need to have a costume prepared,’ proper? As a result of it’s really easy to only say ‘let me do the suitable factor.’”
Netflix watchers will glean extra insights about Melania Trump’s style sense, when the multimillion greenback documentary about her life is alleged to have a fall launch.
