British High Commissioner to Ghana Harriet Thompson has encouraged leaders to learn from the selfless public service and leadership of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
She recalled the relationship the late British monarch had with the African continent – which she visited extensively during her seven-decade reign on the throne – and noted that her legacy must be embraced by leaders.
In an interview with Emefa Apawu on JoyNews, the High Commissioner observed that there is something unique about the late Queen’s life that everyone can learn something from to make things better.
“I think the things that come out time and time again are dignity, grace, respect, warmth and affection and her sense of humour as well. For me, when I think of the Queen, I think of that dedication to service and she is recognised by many here for that long sense of duty.
“As a role model for so many of us, I think we could all do well to learn from the Queen; to learn from her dedication, that commitment, that willingness to be there no matter what and do the right thing no matter what, always, with respect, with dignity and with grace,” she said in the interview on Monday.
According to Harriet Thompson, Queen Elizabeth II used her position as a leader to serve many people around the world, a life worth emulating because even as a global figure as she was, she “also managed to be a mother, a grandmother, a great grandmother, a huge role model for so many of us.”
On Monday, September 19, the United Kingdom held the final funeral service for its longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen Elizabeth’s coffin came to its final resting place at Windsor after completing its long journey from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh, then from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall and Westminster Abbey, and then finally to St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
The state funeral was attended by leaders from across the globe and thousands of mourners lined the streets to pay their final respects to the Queen, after her funeral earlier in the day.
In the evening, at a private family service, the Queen was buried together with her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the King George VI memorial chapel, located inside St George’s Chapel.
Her marble slab was engraved ELIZABETH II 1926-2022.