Qatar: Tamim attends de Margerie’s funeral

Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani’s attendance at the funeral of Christophe de Margerie, the chairman and chief executive of Total who died in a plane crash in Moscow on 20 October, was testament to the extent of their personal, as well as professional, relationship. Sheikh Tamim – en route to London (see page 6) – was accompanied to the 27 October service in Paris by his brother Joaan, his uncle and former prime minister Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, former prime minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al-Thani and other officials