"We were very touched": Claude Chirac thanked the French present at the Invalides

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"We were very touched, we spontaneously said we would say thank you." Claude Chirac moved Sunday at the end of the day to the Invalides, to thank the French who made a popular tribute to his father. "It upsets us, we came to tell them that we wanted to thank them from our mother and from us," said the daughter of Jacques Chirac.

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A word and a photo for everyone

Claude Chirac went up the long queue, slipping a word to the anonymous people who came to collect themselves in the thousands before the coffin of the former President of the Republic, placed at the entrance of the Cathedral Saint-Louis des Invalides. After shaking hands, she did not hesitate to take pictures and stop for several minutes to share memories.

Claude Chirac goes back to the queue to thank those present at Invalides pic.twitter.com/feNiFMY0Wl

In the crowd, many had tears in their eyes. "I'm going to thank them for coming to us, it's not easy for her, she's like her father, close to people, it's a shared story, a love story," Josette says. moved. In the Invalides, thousands of French and even people from abroad have succeeded to the coffin of Jacques Chirac. The popular tribute, which ended early Monday morning, will be followed by a day of national mourning.