The Aquino family refused a state funeral for Mrs.Aquino, which would have involved bringing her coffin to the presidential palace.

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The palace's State Dining Room, where we wait for the president, is a grand, lavish affair, complete with chandeliers and a long hardwood table that can seat 50.

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The Helmsleys' real estate empire in New York at one time included the Empire State Building, the Helmsley Palace hotel, the Helmsley Building at the foot of Park Avenue and the Tudor City apartment complex in addition to several other hotel properties.

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He added that foreign heads of state would be at the Miraflores Presidential Palace on inauguration day.

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