Queen Elizabeth II death and what it means to Ghana
Queen Elizabeth has passed away Thursday after the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom Buckingham Palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal family had rushed to her side after her health took a turn for the worse.
In a statement, Buckingham Palace said on Royal official website: “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
“The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”
Prior to Queen Elizabeth’s death, the monarch was placed under medical supervision following doctors’ “concerned for Her Majesty’s health,”
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Some hours later, the Buckingham Palace announced the Queen’s death coming as a major blow for UK, its former colony Ghana and the world at large. The Queen is the UK’s longest-serving monarch for 70 years marked with dedication to her throne and people with Ghana benefiting in many fronts through life inspiring and the Commonwealth.
Many Ghanaian social, political and religious figures have had their lives shaped by the Queen’s lifestyle, systems of ruling, and the number of times Elizabeth II was positively mentioned in leader’s speeches to diverse populations has been countless.
With the Queen’s death coming a big loss to Ghanaian leaders, the populace may also live to miss a life-changing personality forever. Ghanaian top figures are expected to show their condolences to the British Royal family and pay tributes to Elizabeth II. The leaders tributes will idealled eldest son and new King King Charles III’s a must-do emotional tribute to her beloved mother after the death incident.
His Majesty the King said: “We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.”
The Queen’s death held a profound realm implication on Ghana with the country’s weather turning largely quite and cloudy same as the condition when former President Atta Mills passed way on 24th July, 2012. Thursday’s weather was a sign of uneasiness in the universe that its someone great is lost.
On Mills departure day and today 8th September, nothing seemed to function properly and the wind were whispered something isn’t right before the Queen was finally confirmed dead Thursday evening in Scotland.
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Ghana was a colony of the British Empire and a member of the Commonwealth dating back to historical times.
Since Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth reigned over a Britain that rebuilt from war and lost its empire; joined the European Union and then left it; and transformed from industrial powerhouse to uncertain 21st century society. She endured through 15 prime ministers, from Winston Churchill to Liz Truss, becoming an institution and an icon — a fixed point and a reassuring presence even for those who ignored or loathed the monarchy.
Elizabeth II was Queen of Ghana from 1957 to 1960, when Ghana was an independent sovereign state and a constitutional monarchy.
Ghana was the first western African country to achieve independence from European colonization. British rule ended in 1957, when the Ghana Independence Act 1957 transformed the British Crown Colony of the Gold Coast into the independent sovereign state of Ghana, with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state on 6 March 1957.Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent represented the Queen at the independence celebrations. On 6 March, the Princess formally opened the first parliament of independent Ghana, on behalf of the Queen, by giving the Speech from the Throne.
In 1961, Queen Elizabeth visited several countries around the world, but perhaps what was most notable was her very first trip to Ghana where British members of Parliament and the public did not want the Queen to take the trip due to rising tensions in a country where President Kwame Nkrumah was well on his way to becoming a dictator.
With her experience in Ghana, the Queen’s death also means Ghana see its colonial masters lost their important leader and its most influential political association exit without a head as the office of the Head of the Commonwealth is currently vacant since the death of Elizabeth II.
The Commonwealth join the Royal family to mourn Elizabeth II in a statement on Thursday evening.
“It is with the greatest sorrow and sadness that we mourn the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. After a long life of faith, duty and service, a great light has gone out. Her Majesty was an extraordinary person, who lived an extraordinary life: a constant presence and example for each of us, guiding and serving us all for as long as any of us can remember. Throughout her reign, and seven decades of extraordinary change and challenge, Her Majesty was the epitome of duty, stability, wisdom and grace.”
Since the Queen’s death, there has been an significant nationwide political move in honouring of Elizabeth II as all official flags to be flown at half-mast for a week.
The President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed all official flags in the nation to fly at half-mast for seven days effective Friday, September 9, 2022.
“In honour of her memory, I have directed that all official flags in the nation fly at half-mast for seven (7) days, as from tomorrow, Friday, 9th September,” part of the statement by President Akufo-Addo reads.
In his statement, the President on behalf of Ghana has extended a message of condolences to the new British monarch, King Charles III, the Royal Family, the Prime Minister, and the Government and people of Great Britain on their loss.
“On behalf of the Government and people of Ghana, I extend deepest condolences to the new British monarch, King Charles III, the Royal Family, the Prime Minister, and the Government and people of Great Britain on the death, today, of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
“May God bless her soul and give her peaceful rest in His Bosom until the Last Day of the Resurrection when we shall all meet again,” the statements on Akufo-Addo’s Twitter page add.
