What was it like to meet Queen Elizabeth II?
Queen Elizabeth II was actually Princess Elizabeth when she first visited Africa with her parents. And she was in Kenya \u2013 staying in the famous Treetops hotel \u2013 when the news of her father\u2019s death arrived and she became queen.
During the 70 years that followed she visited the continent many times and shook the hands of countless African leaders.
But what was it like to actually meet the queen in person?
For Africa Daily @Kasujja speaks to the former president of Botswana, Ian Khama, and Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the traditional prime minister of the Zulu nation, who share their memories.
\u201cHe announced me as the President of Zimbabwe\u2026 she said to me \u2018don\u2019t worry about that introduction, he\u2019s new and I think he just got overwhelmed by the occasion\u2019\u2026 She knew I wasn\u2019t the President of Zimbabwe, she knew who I was. She made a nice, pleasant excuse for him\u201d.