People coming in droves to pay their last respects to the late Karel Schwarzenberg

Over 6, 600 people have come to pay their respects to the late Karel Schwarzenberg, a member of the Czech nobility and one of the country’s most prominent post-1989 politicians, whose coffin is on display for the public at the Church of the Knights of Malta of Our Lady Beneath the Chain in central Prague. Members of the public will have one more chance to bid the former head of Czech diplomacy a last farewell between midday and 10 pm on Friday before his coffin is moved to St. Vitus for a funeral mass on Saturday.

The funeral mass will be followed by a private funeral for family and friends at Orlík nad Vltavou Castle, after which Schwarzenberg’s remains will be placed to rest in the family tomb in the castle park.

Mr. Schwarzenberg passed away on November 12 in Vienna at the age of 85.