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MONACO
Microstate mourns loss of monarch

Prince Rainier III of Monaco

The funeral of Prince Rainier III of Monaco was scheduled for April 15, a week after his death in hospital from multiple organ failure at the age of 81. He had been ill for some time.

The world's second longest-reigning monarch after the king of Thailand, his long illness had forced the royal council to pronounce his 47-year-old son, Prince Albert, as regent March 31.

In his 55 years in power, Rainier is credited with turning the rocky statelet of just 32,000 inhabitants from a riviera Ruritania into a thriving banking and business center.

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