{"id":45932,"date":"2022-06-03T15:31:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T15:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-celebrates-platinum-jubilee-of-queen-elizabeth-ii\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T15:47:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T15:47:18","slug":"rwanda-celebrates-platinum-jubilee-of-queen-elizabeth-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-celebrates-platinum-jubilee-of-queen-elizabeth-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Pictorial: Rwanda celebrates Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The celebrations took place on Thursday 2nd June 2022. Globally, the event was marked by the lighting of beacons in all capital cities of the Commonwealth. <\/p>\n<p>Officials from Kigali City organized the event in collaboration with Rotary Club which was taking place for the first time in all 54 cities of the Commonwealth.  <\/p>\n<p>The beacon was lit at 21:15 p.m. at Imbuga City Walk commonly known as Car Free Zone. <\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of Kigali City, Pudence Rubingisa said that joining other cities in celebrating the Platinum Jubilee and lighting the beacon is recognition of the contribution and efforts of Queen Elizabeth II in different sectors while improving the welfare of the citizens in Commonwealth countries.    <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to be part of this Platinum Jubilee celebrations but more importantly to have done it here in Kigali which gives our people an opportunity to know about it and be part of the celebration,\u201d he noted. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so pleased to be celebrating this Platinum Jubilee, while we are closer to host the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in a few days to come,\u201d added Rubingisa. <\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was also attended by UK High Commissioner to Rwanda, Omar Daair who said that it is a memorable day for UK nationals and Commonwealth members.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor) was born on 21st April 1926.<\/p>\n<p>She ascended throne on 6th February 1952 following the death of her father King George VI.  She is the sixth women to lead UK and its longest reigning monarch.  <\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II who is also the Head of Commonwealth has designated Charles, the Prince Charles as her successor.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42559 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ambasaderi_w_u_bwongereza_mu_rwanda_omar_daair_n_umuyobozi_w_umujyi_wa_kigali_rubingisa_pudence_bacanye_urumuri_rwo_kwizihiza_yubile_y_umwamikazi_elizabeth_ii-1250.jpg\" alt=\"UK High Commissioner to Rwanda and the Mayor of Kigali City lighting the beacon. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42560 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/perezida_wa_rotary_club_kigali_virunga_suman_alla_asuhuzanya_na_ambasaderi_omar_daair-e30bc.jpg\" alt=\"The President of Rotary Club Kigali Virunga, Suman Alla greeting Amb. Omar Daair. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42561 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/h88a7475-3e864.jpg\" alt=\"The beacon was lit in all capital cities of Commonwealth member countries. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42562 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_w_umujyi_wa_kigali_rubingisa_pudence_yavuze_ko_u_rwanda_rwishimiye_kuba_umunyamuryango_wa_commonwealth-c6967.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali City Mayor, Rubingisa Pudence said that Rwanda is a proud member of Commonwealth. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42563 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ambasaderi_w_u_bwongereza_mu_rwanda_omar_daair_yavuze_ko_uyu_ari_umunsi_w_ibyishimo-19636.jpg\" alt=\" Amb. Omar Daair said that the celebration is a delightful occasion. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42564 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/perezida_wa_rotary_club_kigali_virunga_suman_alla_yashimiye_umujyi_wa_kigali_wifatanyije_n_indi_mijyi_yo_muri_commonwealth_mu_kwizihiza_ibi_birori-19efd.jpg\" alt=\"The President of Rotary Club Kigali Virunga, Suman Alla thanked Kigali for joining other Commonwealth cities for celebrations. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42566 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ab_ingeri_zitandukanye_bari_bitabiriye_ibirori_byo_gucana_urumuri_rwo_kwizihiza_yubile_y_umwamikazi_w_u_bwongereza-54c9c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42567 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abayobozi_batandukanye_batanze_ubutumwa_kuri_uyu_munsi-997a1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42568 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abitabiriye_ibi_birori_babonye_n_umwanya_wo_kuganira-f7fe3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Rwanda has joined Commonwealth countries to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, marking 70 years of service to the people of the United Kingdom.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-45932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45932"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=45932"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=45932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}