Notre Dame reopening to be held indoors due to inclement weather
A long list of world leaders, royalty and celebrities are due to attend the gala event.
The ceremony for the grandreopeningof France'sNotreDamecathedral will beheldentirelyindoorsdueto an inclementweatherforecast, the Elysee Palace and Paris diocese said Friday.
Saturday'sreopening, which comes five years after the fire that devastated the famed Paris landmark, was moved inside afterweatherserviceMeteoFrance forecast wind gusts of up to 80 kilometres (50 miles) per hour, "obliging us to reorganise the arrangements", said President Emmanuel Macron's office and the local diocese in a joint statement.
A long list of world leaders, royalty and celebrities aredueto attend the gala event.
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Those include Britain's Prince William, US president-elect Donald Trump and possibly US singer and fashion designer Pharrell Williams, who is widely rumoured to perform.
The ceremony was initially to feature a speech by Macron outside the cathedral.
That was the subject of delicate negotiations between the diocese and his office, which wanted him to speak inside.
As for the scheduled concert, "the artistsdueto perform (Saturday) are instead recording live tonight" outside the cathedral, with the recording to be retransmitted during the event, the statement said.
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