Tutu’s body escorted into cathedral by his daughter Thandeka
30 December 2021 - 09:36
By Tanya Farber
Image: Tanya Farber Pallbearers carry the coffin of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu into St George's Cathedral in Cape Town on December 30 2021, followed by Tutu's daughter Thandeka, centre left.
The body of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu arrived at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town on Thursday in a plain wooden coffin.
Tutu will lie in state on Thursday and Friday in the cathedral, where his ashes will be interred, and his funeral service will be held there on Saturday.
Image: Tanya Farber Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's daughter, Thandeka, embraces Archbishop Thabo Makgoba after arriving with her father's body at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town on December 30 2021.
The coffin arrived in a funeral director’s van with Tutu’s daughter, Thandeka, in the passenger seat.
Dressed in black but wearing a bright yellow headdress, Thandeka wept as she alighted from the vehicle to be greeted by Archbishop Thabo Makgoba.
Image: Tanya Farber Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's daughter, Thandeka, embraces the dean of St George's Cathedral in Cape Town, the Rt Rev Michael Weeder, after arriving with her father's coffin on December 30 2021.
She then embraced the dean of St George's Cathedral, the Rt Rev Michael Weeder, before following Tutu’s coffin — carried by six priests — into the cathedral.
Tutu’s body escorted into cathedral by his daughter Thandeka
The body of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu arrived at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town on Thursday in a plain wooden coffin.
Tutu will lie in state on Thursday and Friday in the cathedral, where his ashes will be interred, and his funeral service will be held there on Saturday.
The coffin arrived in a funeral director’s van with Tutu’s daughter, Thandeka, in the passenger seat.
Dressed in black but wearing a bright yellow headdress, Thandeka wept as she alighted from the vehicle to be greeted by Archbishop Thabo Makgoba.
She then embraced the dean of St George's Cathedral, the Rt Rev Michael Weeder, before following Tutu’s coffin — carried by six priests — into the cathedral.
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