In remembrance of the late Queen of England, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered that all official flags in the country fly at half-staff for seven days.
Mr Akufo-Addo in series of tweets mourning the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, September 8, said: “On behalf of the Government and people of Ghana, I extend deepest condolences to the new British monarch, King Charles III, the @RoyalFamily the Prime Minister, and the Government and people of Great Britain on the death, today, of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
On behalf of the Government and people of Ghana, I extend deepest condolences to the new British monarch, King Charles III, the @RoyalFamily, the Prime Minister, and the Government and people of Great Britain on the death, today, of HM Queen Elizabeth II 1/7 pic.twitter.com/Y7fFKxwCR4
— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) September 8, 2022
“In honour of her memory, I have directed that all official flags in the nation fly at half-mast for seven (7) days, as from tomorrow, Friday, 9th September.
“May God bless her soul and give her peaceful rest in His Bosom until the Last Day of the Resurrection when we shall all meet again.”
The Royal Family stated on September 8 that Queen Elizabeth II passed away peacefully.
“The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow,” the Royal Family said.
At her Scottish residence near Aberdeen, the Queen’s entire family gathered.
This kind of announcement from Buckingham Palace is extremely unusual because the institution often declines to comment on the 96-year-old monarch’s medical issues because they are regarded as personal.
Just before 6:00 p.m. BST, her grandson, the Duke of Cambridge, along with his wife Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, and other sons, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex, landed at Aberdeen airport.
