[3][4][5] She presided over the award ceremony for the Marquês de Rio Maior Agriculture 2023 prize, set up by the Royal Ribatejo Association, on 24 November.
[8] The result of a partnership between Soares dos Reis National Museum, Associação Real Social Cultura Desporto, School of Fine Arts of University of Porto and Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, the prize is awarded annually to two winners, one for painting and one for sculpture.
[10] The proposal took place in East Timor and the engagement was announced by Duarte Pio de Bragança on 15 December 2022.
The wedding took place in the Basilica of Mafra, presided over by Manuel Clemente, Cardinal-Patriarch Emeritus of Lisbon, in the presence of Cardinal Américo Aguiar and several Portuguese bishops.
Maria Francisca then went to offer the bridal bouquet to the image of Our Lady of Solitude in the main altar of the Basilica, which had recently received the canonical coronation, to the sound of Cante Alentejano.
Among the guests were Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal, and various representatives of the Royal Families of Europe and Brazil.
[12][13] Also in attendance were several representatives from Portuguese politics, such as former Prime Ministers Durão Barroso, Pedro Santana Lopes and Pedro Passos Coelho, Miguel Albuquerque, President of Madeira, Carlos Moedas, Mayor of Lisbon, Paulo Portas, former Deputy Prime Minister, among others.