Buckingham Palace
The President of the Republic of Ghana and Mrs Kufuor today commenced a State
Visit in London to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh.
The Earl and Countess of Wessex welcomed The President and Mrs Kufuor on
behalf of The Queen at the Landmark Hotel, 222 Marylebone Road, London NW1.
The President of the Republic of Ghana and Mrs Kufuor, accompanied by The Earl
and Countess of Wessex, drove to Horse Guards and were met by The Queen and
The Duke of Edinburgh.
The President of the Republic of Ghana and Mrs Kufuor, accompanied by The
Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh with The Earl and Countess of Wessex, drove
in a Carriage Procession to Buckingham Palace with a Sovereign’s Escort of
the Household Cavalry.
Gun Salutes were fired in Green Park by The King’s Troop, Royal Horse
Artillery, and at the Tower of London by the Honourable Artillery Company.
Guards of Honour were provided at Horse Guards by the 1st Battalion Coldstream
Guards and at Buckingham Palace by No. 7 Company Coldstream Guards.
Her Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, The
Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard and a Detachment of Household
Cavalry were on duty.
The Queen presented The President of the Republic of Ghana with the Insignia
of an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Division of the Most
Honourable Order of the Bath.
The President and Mrs Kufuor this afternoon drove to Westminster Abbey where
His Excellency laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.
The President of the Republic of Ghana and Mrs Kufuor afterwards visited the
British Museum, were received by The Duke of Gloucester, Royal Patron, and
The Duchess of Gloucester, the Director (Mr Neil MacGregor) and the Mayor of
the London Borough of Camden (Coun-cillor Jill Fraser) and viewed the
“Fabric of a Nation” Exhibition and the Sainsbury Africa Gallery.
The Rt Hon David Cameron MP (Leader of the Opposition) later called upon The
President of the Republic of Ghana at Buckingham Palace.
The Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell MP (Leader of the Liberal Democrats)
afterwards called upon His Excellency.
His Excellency the Rt Hon Donald McKinnon (Commonwealth Secretary General)
subsequently called upon The President.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh gave a State Banquet this evening in
honour of The President of the Republic of Ghana and Mrs Kufuor at which The
Prince of Wales, The Earl and Countess of Wessex, The Princess Royal and
Rear Admiral Timothy Laurence, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and The
Duke of Kent were present.
The following had the honour of being invited: Suite of The President of the
Republic of Ghana and Mrs Kufuor: Professor Adzei Bekoe (Chairman of the
Council of State), Ms Amma Busia (Member of the Council of State), the Hon
Nana Akufo-Addo MP (Minister for Foreign Affairs), His Excellency Mr Annan
Cato (Ghanaian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom), Mr Peter Mac Manu
(Chairman, New Patriotic Party), Ambassador Daniel Osei (Secretary to The
President), Mr Andrew Awuni (Press Secretary to The President), Ambassador
Kobina Wudu (Director of State Protocol), Colonel Obed Akwa (Aide-de-Camp to
The President), Dr Bettina Andah (Medical Officer), Miss Rene Kufuor (Lady
in Waiting) and Ms Patricia Boateng (Lady in Waiting).
Specially attached to The President of the Republic of Ghana and Mrs Kufuor:
The Hon Mrs Whitehead (Lady in Waiting), the Viscount Brookeborough (Lord in
Waiting) and the Viscountess Brookeborough, Mr Gordon Wetherell (British
High Commissioner to the Republic of Ghana) and Mrs Wetherell, and Commander
Heber Ackland RN (Equerry in Waiting).
Diplomatic Corps: His Excellency the Ambassador of the State of Kuwait and Mrs
Al-Du-waisan, His Excellency the High Commissioner for the Republic of
Cameroon and Mrs Libock Mbei, Her Excellency the High Commissioner for the
Republic of South Africa (Dr Lindiwe Mabuza), His Excellency the High
Commissioner for the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Dr Christopher Kolade),
His Excellency the Ambassador of the Republic of Senegal (General Mamadou
Niang), Her Excellency the High Commissioner for the United Republic of
Tanzania and Mr Shariff Maajar, and His Excellency the Commonwealth
Secretary-General (the Rt Hon Donald McKinnon) and Ms Clare de Lore.
The Cabinet: The Prime Minister and Mrs Blair, the Rt Hon the Lord Speaker and
Mr Martin Hayman, the Leader of the House of Lords (the Baroness Amos), the
Deputy Prime Minister and Mrs Prescott, the Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs and Mr Lionel Beckett, and the Rt Hon Adam Ingram
MP (Minister of State for the Armed Forces) and Mrs Ingram.
Special Invitations: The Lord Archbishop of York and Mrs. Sentamu, the
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Dr Judith
McDonald, the Rt Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Earl Marshal
and the Duchess of Norfolk, the Lord and Lady Steel of Aikwood, the Lord and
Lady Cope of Berkeley, the Rt. Hon. Lord Justice and Lady Clarke, the Lord
and Lady Imbert, the Rt. Hon David Cameron MP and Mrs Cameron, the Rt Hon
Sir Menzies Campbell MP and Lady Campbell, the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor and the
Lady Mayoress, General Sir Timothy and Lady Granville-Chapman, General Sir
Richard and Lady Dannatt, Sir Augustine and Lady O’Donnell, Sir David and
Lady Green, Sir Peter Ricketts, Sir Nigel and Lady Sheinwald, Sir John and
Lady Sunderland, Major General and Mrs Sebastian Roberts, Ms Barbara
Stocking and Dr John MacInnes, Mr and Mrs Bernard Ribeiro, Ms Elsie Owusu,
Mr and Mrs Marcus Agius, Dr E. Akuffo, Mr and Mrs Roy Amlot, Dr Mark Ankrah,
Dr and Mrs John Brown, Mr and Mrs Torbjorn Caesar, Ms Frances Cairncross and
Mr Hamish McRae, Professor Lorna Casselton and Mr William Tollett, Mr and
Mrs James Dallas, Mr and Mrs Lloyd Dorfman, Mr Ike Duker, Mr and Mrs Richard
Horsman, Dr Mohamed Ibrahim and Dr Hania Fadl, Mr and Mrs John Kendall, Mr
and Mrs Simon Maxwell, Dr Thomas Mensah, Dr Robin Niblett, Mr Hugh Quarshie
and Ms Annika Sundström, Professor David Richardson, Mr and Mrs Paul
Skinner, Council-lor Patrick Vernon, and Mr Patrick Young.
Members of the Ghana High Commission and Delegation: Mr John Kufuor, Miss
Anne-Marie Kufuor, Miss Helen Kufuor, Mr Adolphus Arthur (Deputy High
Comissioner), Ms Messie Debrah-Karikari (Director, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs), Mr Ivor Agyemang-Duah (Minister-Counsellor, Ghana High
Commission), Mr Atta Krufie (Chairman, National Patriotic Party, London),
Brigadier-General George Adjei (Defence Advisor, Ghana High Commission), Dr
Margaret Busby (Writer and Archivist) and Mrs Les-ley Nyantekyi (Medical
Officer).
Clarence House
March 13: The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, Army Air Corps, this morning
received Lieutenant Colonel Richard Leakey upon relinquishing his
appointment as Commanding Officer, 7 Regiment Army Air Corps (Volunteers),
and Lieutenant Colonel Steven Himbury upon assuming the appointment.
His Royal Highness, Air Chief Marshal, this afternoon received personnel from
Royal Air Force Odiham who have recently returned from operations in
Afghanistan.
The Prince of Wales received the Rt Hon Dr John Reid, MP, (Secretary of State
for the Home Department).
Buckingham Palace
March 13: The Duke of York, Special Representative for International Trade and
Investment, this morning departed Dubai International Aiport for New Zealand.
Buckingham Palace
March 13: The Princess Royal, Patron, the Shaftesbury Society, this afternoon
received Mr David Harmer (Chairman of the Trustees) and Mrs John Bishop
(Chief Executive).
Her Royal Highness, Patron, College of Occupational Therapists, later opened
the Keep Living Suite at Brunel University, Mary Seacole Building, Uxbridge,
Middlesex, and was received by Wing Commander Edna Partridge (Deputy
Lieutenant of Greater London).
