Nelson Mandela and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II ride in a carriage outside Buckingham Palace on the first day of a state visit to Britain, July 9, 1996. REUTERS/Stringer
South African President Nelson Mandela (L) talks with Pope John Paul II during their meeting at the Vatican June 18. Mandela thanked the Pope for the Catholic Church’s help in education and health care of black South Africans when the white minority government wrote them off as second-class citizens.
South African President Nelson Mandela and American pop star Whitney Houston smile for photographers at the presidency November 10
President Nelson Mandela and singer Michael Jackson address the media at Mandela’s Cape Town residence, March 23. [Jackson, who is in the country for a short visit, announced plans for concerts in Seoul and Munich on June 25 and 27, to raise money for the United Nations Education Science and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the International Red Cross and the Nelson Mandela Childrens Fund.]
Britain’s Prince Charles (R) shares a light moment with Nelson Mandela (L)
during a show at the Amsterdam arena, Friday February 1, 2002. REUTERS/Robin
Utrecht/Pool
U.S. talk show personality Oprah Winfrey with former South African
President Nelson Mandela during the Agenda for Earth Turning Ceremony
for The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa in
Henley on Klip south of Johannesburg December 6,2002. REUTERS/Juda
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