President of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba to attend Queen Elizabeth’s funeral ?

Queen Elizabeth's coffin has arrived in Edinburgh on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022 © ARR

The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday 19 September, Buckingham Palace has announced.

it will be a bank holiday in the UK.

The funeral will be attended by members of the royal family, heads of state and world leaders, and important public figures.

Along with the UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss, New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern, Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are expected to attend the Queen’s funeral.

So is Ali Bongo Ondimba even though there has been no official announcement yet. The president of Gabon and the new King Charles III have been friends for quite a long time. By the end of September 2021, they spent a lot of time together, talking about environmental issues.

Ali Bongo Ondimba is fluent in english.

Gabon officially joined the Commonwealth on the 25th of June 2022.