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Her life and legacy will be fondly remembered by many around the world. The Queen\u2019s commitment and dedication during her 70 years on the throne remains a noble and virtuous example to the entire world,&#8221; President Ramaphosa said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>President Ramaphosa met Queen Elizabeth II at the last Commonwealth meeting which was held in London in 2018 where they spent some time looking  at letters that Former President Mandela sent to the Queen, reminiscing about the great stateman that Her Majesty respected enormously.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouth Africa\u2019s thoughts and prayers are with The Royal Family, the Government and people of the United Kingdom as they mourn their immense loss,\u201d President Ramaphosa said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has on behalf of the Government and the people of South Africa sent sincere condolences to His Majesty, King Charles III, on the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ir&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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