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The country gained official independence as Zimbabwe on 18 April 1980. The government held independence celebrations in Rufaro stadium in Salisbury, the capital. Lord Christopher Soames, the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia, watched as Charles, Prince of Wales, gave a farewell salute and the Rhodesian Signal Corps played "God Save the Queen".
Prince Charles attended events to mark the 50th anniversary of independence and 20th anniversary of liberation in Kuwait. [2] He was joined by the Duchess of Cornwall in South Africa and Tanzania, and they marked the 50th anniversary of Tanzania's independence.
Zimbabwe Rhodesia came under the temporary control of Britain, and a Commonwealth monitoring force was convened to supervise fresh elections, in which ZANU and ZAPU would take part for the first time. ZANU won, and, with Mugabe as Prime Minister, formed the first government of Zimbabwe following its recognised independence on 18 April 1980. [73]
Three weeks later on 18 April 1980, at a ceremony that was attended by HRH Prince Charles, the Union Jack was lowered for the last time from Government House in Salisbury, and the new African nation of Zimbabwe declared itself independent as a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
Prince Charles, as the representative of Britain, formally granted independence to the new nation of Zimbabwe at a ceremony in Harare in April 1980. [ 54 ] Independence era (1980–present)
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners, including some who were on death row, in an independence day amnesty on Thursday. Zimbabwe marked 44 years of ...
Zimbabwe regained its independence from the United Kingdom on 17 April 1980. [1] Canaan Banana , a Methodist minister and theologian, became the first President of Zimbabwe on 18 April. On 17 February 1982 the government of Zimbabwe accused Joshua Nkomo , leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), of plotting a coup d ...
Both Prince William and his son Prince George served special roles in the coronation of King Charles III. As a page of honor, George, 9, held his grandfather's ceremonial robe — along with three ...