Queen Elizabeth II greets Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand within the Blue Drawing Room at The Queen's Dinner throughout the Commonwealth Heads of Authorities Assembly at Buckingham Palace on April 19, 2018 in London, England.
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Tributes to the late Queens Elizabeth II continued to pour in from leaders everywhere in the world.
Nation heads from Australia, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Brazil, Jamaica, and extra supplied their condolences to the monarchy and the UK after studying of the queen’s passing Thursday afternoon.
Remembrances and sort phrases got here from all corners of the world, together with former British colonies that fought for freedom from the monarchy.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese famous that the Queen was the one British monarch to go to the island nation.
“It is a loss we really feel deeply in Australia,” Albanese mentioned in a Thursday evening video message. “… Her Majesty celebrated our good occasions and he or she stood with us throughout trials and hardships.”
Australia’s neighbor, New Zealand remembered the Queen, who was additionally its monarch and head of state below constitutional preparations, as a unprecedented girl and chief.
“Here's a girl who gave her life, totally, to the service of others,” New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern instructed reporters. “And no matter what anybody thinks of the function of monarchies world wide, there's undeniably, I feel right here, a show of somebody who gave the whole lot on behalf of her folks, and her folks included the folks of Aotearoa New Zealand.”
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria — which gained independence from the British in 1960 — expressed “immense disappointment” over Her Majesty’s passing.
“The story of recent Nigeria won't ever be full with out a chapter on Queen Elizabeth ll, a towering world persona and an excellent chief,” Buhari mentioned. “She devoted her life to creating her nation, the Commonwealth and the complete world a greater place.”
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In Latin America, leaders in Brazil and Argentina spoke extremely of Queen Elizabeth II after studying of her dying.
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro introduced the nation would go into three days of nationwide mourning to recollect the 96-year-old royal.
He added that Elizabeth II “wasn’t the queen for the British solely — she was a queen for all of us.”
Argentina’s authorities additionally grieved for the monarch.
“The federal government of the Argentine Republic expresses its sorrow for her passing and accompanies the British folks and her household on this second of grief,” its international ministry posted on Twitter.
In Asia, South Korea and Japan expressed their sympathy.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol tweeted that the Queens’ type coronary heart and good deeds can be remembered.
“She had a powerful perception in the reason for human freedom and left nice legacies of dignity,” he mentioned.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida mentioned the lack of the royal is felt world wide.
“The lack of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is a good loss not solely to the British folks but in addition to the worldwide neighborhood,” he mentioned. “Japan’s ideas are with the UK because the British folks overcome this deepest disappointment.”
With Publish wires
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