Mswati’s recent trip to Britain  where he was famously photographed with Queen Elizabeth II and other monarchs  drew protestors to Buckingham Palace  the royal residence in London...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 52 No 10 | 
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	     This time  however  it was a greying President Koroma presiding  rather than a young Queen Elizabeth II...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
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	    Africa has played a critical role in the Commonwealth since its Secretariat was launched in 1965 at Marlborough House  a royal palace provided rent-free by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     There was also an unusually high attendance by new leaders - 17 new faces  duly entertained to lunch by the Head of the Commonwealth  Britain's Queen Elizabeth II...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 48 No 24 | 
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	     Many Commonwealth states have non-executive heads of state or even governors general  who formally represent Queen Elizabeth II...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     'Queen 2 314 miles away'  ran the excited headline in the Kampala daily The Monitor  as Elizabeth II stopped over in Malta en route for Kampala...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	        Meanwhile  the Ugandan parliament is grumbling about the preparations for CHOGM and the associated state visit by the Head of the Commonwealth  Britain's Queen Elizabeth II...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 48 No 18 | 
            - COMMONWEALTH
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	     Queen Elizabeth II will  as always  be there as Head of the Commonwealth  but does not attend the summit itself...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 47 No 12 | 
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	      On 20 April  at the 80th birthday party for Queen Elizabeth II hosted by outgoing British High Commissioner John Mitchener  the biggest cheer of the evening greeted his announcement that the International Military Advisory and Training Team would remain 'to 2010 and beyond'...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Several ministers are in the safari business: Policy Implementation Minister Webster Shamu is in business with Charles Davy  whose daughter Chelsy Davy goes out with Prince Harry  second son of Queen Elizabeth II of England...