{"id":1201247,"date":"2022-09-09T11:02:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T11:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/09\/president-mahama-mourns-queen-elizabeth\/"},"modified":"2022-09-09T11:02:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T11:02:38","slug":"president-mahama-mourns-queen-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/09\/president-mahama-mourns-queen-elizabeth\/","title":{"rendered":"President Mahama Mourns Queen Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>\n<span style=\"background-color:transparent;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/eaa01aa7eefa4e5fa303da92b164e6bf\" height=\"471\" width=\"624\"\/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"background-color:transparent;\">Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama has eulogised the late Queen Elizabeth II, Monarch of the United Kingdom.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"background-color:transparent;\">Queen Elizabeth II was confirmed dead at age 96, on Thursday, August 8, 2020 at her Scottish Estate, Balmoral, in the presence of her immediate family.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"background-color:transparent;\">In a post on his Twitter page, Mr Mahama says the Queen carried her royal duties with grace and dignity.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"background-color:transparent;\">\u201cSad to hear the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. She carried her royal duties with grace, poise &#038; dignity. An icon of pride not only to the British people but the Commonwealth.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"background-color:transparent;\">\u201cOur hearts go out to King Charles III and the Royal Family. May God grant her peaceful repose\u201d, he tweeted.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"background-color:transparent;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/f233ba7799024ab99cda0ec7115bdc1c\" height=\"744\" width=\"624\"\/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"background-color:transparent;\">During her reign the Queen met with many world leaders from across the globe  five Ghanaian former presidents.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"background-color:transparent;\">Former President Mahama is the last Ghana President to meet and shake hands with the Queen after she invited him to her Buckingham Palace in 2014.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"background-color:transparent;\">The then President John Dramani Mahama was in the  of his wife Lordina Mahama. John Dramani Mahama presented her with a copy of his book, \u201dMy first Coup d&#8217;etat\u201d.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: OPolitics (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nGhana<br \/>\nJohn Dramani Mahama<br \/>\nMahama<br \/>\nMahama Mourns<br \/>\nScottish Estate<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama has eulogised the late Queen Elizabeth II, Monarch of the United Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth II was confirmed dead at age 96, on Thursday, August 8, 2020 at her Scottish Estate, Balmoral, in the presence of her immediate family. 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