Queen Elizabeth II

We hear a compromise was discussed during Obasanjo's visit to Harare on 17 November: either Mugabe turns up late at the Commonwealth summit in Abuja avoiding handshakes with Queen Elizabeth II or Prime Minister Tony Blair or he arrives in Abuja a few days later for the grandest of state visits...

Britain has always insisted Blair would not greet Mugabe anywhere – and he certainly would not be invited to a formal gathering with Queen Elizabeth II titular Head of the Commonwealth...

Mbeki's visit including a ride in a gilded carriage with Queen Elizabeth II to Windsor Castle laid down a marker for upgrading Britain's Africa policy in Blair's second term...

Prime Minister Tony Blair Foreign Secretary Robin Cook and Queen Elizabeth II are all due in South Africa for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November and are planning stopover visits en route...

Blair is due back in South Africa in November together with Queen Elizabeth II for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Durban...

Both honoured by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II they were also awarded Eyadèma's Order of Mono (after Togo's great river)...

President Nelson Mandela began dancing and even Queen Elizabeth II was seen clapping along to the music...