Appresa la notizia della scomparsa di Sua Altezza Reale la Principessa Margaret, Contessa di Snowdon, (Gran Bretagna) avvenuta questa mattina, il Santo Padre Giovanni Paolo II ha inviato alla sorella, la Regina Elisabetta II il telegramma di cordoglio che pubblichiamo di seguito:

HER MAJESTY

QUEEN ELIZABETH II

BUCKINGAM PALACE

LONDON

SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE DEATH OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS MARGARET, COUNTESS OF SNOWDON, I EXPRESS TO YOUR MAJESTY AND TO THE ROYAL FAMILY MY DEEP SYMPATHY IN THIS TIME OF SORROW. COMMENDING YOUR SISTER TO THE GOD OF ALL CONSOLATION AND PRAYING THAT SHE WILL FIND ETERNAL REST BEYOND THE TRAVAILS OF HUMAN LIFE AND THE FRAILTY SHE KNEW IN RECENT YEARS, I INVOKE UPON ALL WHO ARE MOURNING HER LOSS THE PEACE WHICH IS IN JESUS CHRIST, THE FIRSTBORN FROM THE DEAD.

IOANNES PAULUS II

[00222-02.01] [Original text: English]