Kalistani Major History

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Empress Returns from Istalia
Monarch attended funeral of fellow Ruler and long time family friend Emperor Tommaso III
Kaliburg, Ananto
September 1, 5204


Elizabeth I, Empress of Ananto and Kalistan, returns via KalAir to the Capital following Funeral in Istalia

Empress Elizabeth I returned last night from the Empire of Istalia, where she, her personal staff and the Foreign Minister of Kaistan Robert Stuart all attended the funeral of fellow Head of State and close personal friend Tommasso III of Istalia on the 25th. The Empress, who rarely travels abroad except on personal holiday, attended as the Kalistani Head of State, while Stuart represented Her Imperial Majesty's Government. The small entourage flew KalAir to Romula Istalia, where they joined the Empress Mother Elisa, with whom she shared a long personal relationship, in mourning for the late Emperor.

The affair, which was a very solemn state affair in Istalia, was far more personal for the Empress. Tommaso and Elisa both welcomed Kalistan's own Emperor at the beginning of his reign when Tommaso was married, and the Kalistani royals regularly visited Istalia and had long shared high admiration for the Istalian Monarchs. The Empress Elizabeth remained for a week following the service to sit in mourning with the widowed Empress Elisa, and to share the grief of the now expired Emperor, before returning to Kalistan.

The Foreign Minister issued a short statement during the week in Istalia: "Our Empress, Her Imperial Majesty Elizabeth I of Ananto and Kalistan, has chosen to remain at the side of her friend, not as a fellow head of state, but as a woman who has held long correspondence and friendship with the Empress Mother. Elizabeth serves as a shelter of compassion and human warmth as the late Emperor is interred and the New Emperor is Crowned, and was at Elisa's side to wish the new Emperor Alessandro IV well and long life. Ananto shall continue to renew our personal relationship with the Istalian Crown, and we will welcome the New Emperor to visit Kalsitan as soon as his duties will allow him to visit."

Following the extended stay in the Majatran Nation, Elizabeth and the Foreign Minister returned to Kalsitan and were welcomed by a small throng of citizens who assembled to meet the Empress. She spent a short time speaking with the citizens at Kaliburg International, before bidding her well wishers farewell and returning to Eveari.