(15 Apr 2005) SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, palace
2. Tilt down exterior of palace to flowers
3. Flowers
4. Wide shot, palace
5. Guards standing in line
6. Wide shot, palace
7. Various, guards marching
8. Exterior of chamber where Monaco's Prince Rainier III is lying in state
9. Various, Prince Rainier III lying in state
10. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arriving
11. Former President of El Salvador, Francisco Flores, getting out of car
12. Various, guests arriving
13. Wide shot, palace
14. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden arriving
15. Archbishop Jean-Pierre Ricard of Bordeaux arriving
16. King Juan Carlos of Spain arriving
17. Wide shot, palace
18. Justice Minister of Switzerland, Christoph Blocher, arriving
19. Various, US car arriving
20. US representative, former Secretary of Navy John Lehman arriving
21. French President Jacques Chirac arriving
22. Wide shot, palace
23. Bishop arriving
23. Mid shot, palace
25. Guard on steps of palace
STORYLINE:
Kings, princesses and dignitaries converged on the tiny principality of Monaco on Friday, hours before the funeral of Prince Rainier III.
Delegations from around the world began making their way up the hill to the royal palace's 17th century Palatine Chapel, where Rainier lay in state ahead of the funeral ceremony.
He was to be buried beside his late wife, American film star Grace Kelly, in the nearby cathedral where they were married a half century ago.
Rainier - Europe's longest-serving monarch - died on April 6 of heart, kidney and breathing problems after struggling with failing health for years.
More than half a dozen heads of state and royalty were expected as well as dignitaries from some 60 countries including French President Jacques Chirac, Irish President Mary McAleese, Belgium's King Albert II, Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia and royalty from Sweden, Luxembourg and elsewhere.
Royal pomp was mixed with the solemnity of the Roman Catholic service and tight security that briefly transformed bustling Monaco into a silent enclave.
Some 1,300 police were on hand, and even funeral wreaths were scanned for bombs. Monaco's air and sea space were closed.
Hours before the service, some 200 Monaco residents gathered in the square where the hilltop palace is located. Only Monaco citizens and residents had access to the area.
All commerce in the principality, including its fabled Monte Carlo Casino, was shut down.
For many in Monaco, where Rainier ruled for 56 of his 81 years, the day marks the end of a golden era that was symbolised by his 1956 marriage to Princess Grace.
Rainier never remarried after her death in a car accident in 1982 and often cut a lonely figure in his latter years.
An empty slab of marble beside Grace's resting place in the family crypt has been waiting to be engraved with the monarch's name.
Only Rainier's close family were to attend his burial on Friday night in a private ceremony.
The family crypt also holds the remains of Rainier's three immediate successors: Prince Charles III, who ruled from 1856 to 1889; Prince Albert I, who ruled from 1889 to 1922; and, Rainier's grandfather, Prince Louis II, who ruled from 1922 to 1949.
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