"The service’s Sojo no Gi ritual, which started at 10 a.m., was attended by about 560 people including 15 Imperial family members such as Prince Katsura’s father, Prince Takahito of Mikasa, 98, who served as the chief mourner, and his wife, Princess Yuriko, 91; Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako; the heads of the three branches of the government and foreign ambassadors. The attendees mourned the death of Prince Katsura, who had actively performed his Imperial duties in a wheelchair".