On 1 February 1908, Pinto Basto, a friend of the King and a convinced Royalist, went to the banks of the River Tagus in Lisbon to welcome the King and his family home after a long trip outside of Lisbon. He followed the Royal Carriage on foot and was one of the closest people to the King when he and his elder son, Luís Filipe, were assassinated. Pinto Basto later wrote an account of the shooting and of subsequent events. He recorded that in the confusion he, himself, came close to being shot by the police.