King Felipe and Queen Letizia attend funeral Mass of train accident victims

The Archbishop of Toledo officiated the Mass. It was attended by the five bishops of Castilla-La Mancha and the President of the Episcopal Conference. Also present were the Speaker of the Congress of Deputies, Francina Armengol; the President of the Senate, Pedro Rollán; the President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary, Isabel Perelló; the President of the Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page; the First Vice President of the Government and Minister of Economy, Trade and Tourism (and Minister of Transport and Mobility), Carlos Cuerpo; and the Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles. Also in attendance were the Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sport, Milagros Tolón; the Minister of Health, Mónica García; and the ambassadors of Australia, Rosemary Ann Morris Castico; Argentina, Wenceslao Bunge; Japan, Hiroshi Yamauchi; and the United States, Benjamin León; the Italian consul, Giacomo Grandesso; and the regional presidents of Galicia, Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela; Andalusia, Juan Manuel Moreno; Cantabria, María José Sáenz de Buruaga. and the Italian consul, Giacomo Grandesso; the regional presidents of Galicia, Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela; Andalusia, Juan Manuel Moreno; Cantabria, María José Sáenz de Buruaga; the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras; the Valencian Community, Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca; Aragon, Jorge Azcón; Extremadura, María Guardiola; Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso; the Balearic Islands, Marga Prohens; and the presidePresident autonomous city of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas; along with representatives of the governments of La Rioja, Catalonia, the Canary Islands, and Navarre.

Also in attendance were the leader of the opposition, Alberto Núñez Feijóo; the President of the Cortes of Castilla-La Mancha, Pablo Bellido Acevedo; the Government Delegate in Castilla-La Mancha, José Pablo Sabrido Fernández; the mayor of Toledo, Carlos Velázquez; and the mayors of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida; and Los Yébenes, Jesús Pérez Martín; and Urda, Manuel Galán Moreno.

At the end of the Mass, the King and Queen greeted relatives of the victims and injured people seated in the front rows.