Accra, Sept 13, GNA \u2013 Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, says Queen Elizabeth II of United Kingdom left a lasting impression on her memory after they first met.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u202fA statement issued by the Office of former President Jerry John Rawlings and copied to the Ghana News Agency said Agyeman-Rawlings stated this when she signed a book of condolence in memory of the Queen at the British High Commission in Accra.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quoting the words of British poet, Minnie Louise Haskins, Nana Konadu wrote:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he replied: \u2018Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I went forth, and finding the Hand of God, trod gladly into the night. And He led me towards the hills and the breaking of day in the lone East.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The statement said Mrs Agyeman-Rawlings prayed for the soul of the departed British monarch and said both Ghana and the Commonwealth were mourning the loss.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n It noted that while expressing her deepest condolences to King Charles III she also prayed for eternal rest for the departed Queen.\u00a0<\/p>\n The statement said Madam Harriet Thompson, the British High Commissioner to Ghana, was grateful Mrs Agyeman-Rawlings found time to sign the book of condolence and to commiserate with the Government and People of the United Kingdom.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u202fGNA\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Politics-Queen-Agyeman-Rawlings-1.jpeg\")
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