Brazil’s government declares three days of mourning to honor Queen Elizabeth II

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FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth addresses the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., July 6, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

Brazil’s government decreed on Thursday three days of mourning in honor of Queen Elizabeth II following her death.

“Official mourning is declared throughout the country, for a period of three days, starting on the date of publication of this decree, as a sign of sorrow for the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” the decree states.

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