Category: Africa and the rest of the world

As senior Royal family members lead the late Queen Elizabeth II with her late husband Prince Philip to her final resting place in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, tomorrow evening, September 19, 2022, the Latin word, Veni, vidi, vici are going to be in the mouths of palace biographers and historians expected to pay […]

A portrait of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II hangs beside floral tributes outside a shopping mall in Bangkok on September 14, 2022. (Photo by Jack Taylor / AFP) Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was not just Queen Elizabeth II. She was simply The Queen. For billions of people, she was the one constant in a world of […]

Kenya’s President William Ruto talks to General Robert Kibochi, Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) during the official swearing-in ceremony, at the Moi International Sports Center Kasarani in Nairobi, on September 13, 2022. – Incoming Kenyan president William Ruto has clawed his way to the top as the nation’s “hustler-in-chief”, playing on his religious […]

London will experience “unprecedented travel demand” in the coming days as people visit the capital to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II, transport bosses have warned. Public transport users are being advised that the city will be “exceptionally busy” and they should expect Tube stations to temporarily close to avoid overcrowding. Planning journeys in […]

Body expected in London Tuesday, the memorial at St Giles today Commonwealth Medical Association condoles with royal family The huge outpouring of love, support and tributes that have marked the passing of Queen Elizabeth II since her death on Thursday, continued yesterday, as her body left her Balmoral Castle home for the last time. Her […]

Members of the public pay their respects as they hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland, is driven through Ballater, on September 11, 2022. – Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin will travel by road through Scottish towns and villages on Sunday as it begins its final journey from […]

Britain’s King Charles III makes his declaration during a meeting of the Accession Council inside St James’s Palace in London on September 10, 2022, to proclaim him as the new King. – Britain’s Charles III was officially proclaimed King in a ceremony on Saturday, a day after he vowed in his first speech to mourning […]

King Charles III and his wife, Camilla, the Queen Consort meet with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at Buckingham Palace yesterday. (Jonathan Brady/Pool/AP) Historic Event At St. James’s Palace Witnessed By Privy Council, Including Past PMs Late Sovereign Lady’s Funeral To Be Public Holiday Amid pomp, pageantry, solemnity and history, the official reign of King […]

The deceased Queen Elizabeth II will be buried at London’s Westminster Abbey on September 19 at 11 a.m. London time, Buckingham Palace confirmed Saturday. The monarch died on September 8 after 70 years on the throne. Already, the British government has declared a period of national mourning that extends until the end of that day, […]