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| Mandela meets Queen on UK visit | |
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| Nelson Mandela has met the Queen as part of a week-long UK visit marking the former South African president's 90th birthday. | |
| They had a private audience at Buckingham Palace. | |
| The statesman will also host a dinner party fundraiser later for celebrities and world leaders, with Prime Minister Gordon Brown expected to attend. | |
| Mr Mandela arrived in the UK on Sunday ahead of a birthday concert in London's Hyde Park on Friday. | |
| Warm friendship | Warm friendship |
| Mr Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years for his role leading the campaign against apartheid in South Africa before being elected his country's president in 1994. | Mr Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years for his role leading the campaign against apartheid in South Africa before being elected his country's president in 1994. |
| He officially retired from politics nine years ago, but despite his age and ill health he has continued to campaign around the globe for peace and an end to poverty. | He officially retired from politics nine years ago, but despite his age and ill health he has continued to campaign around the globe for peace and an end to poverty. |
| The Queen and Mr Mandela have met on several occasions over the past decade and are said to have developed a warm friendship. | The Queen and Mr Mandela have met on several occasions over the past decade and are said to have developed a warm friendship. |
| The concert in Hyde Park will include acts such as Queen, Leona Lewis and Annie Lennox. | The concert in Hyde Park will include acts such as Queen, Leona Lewis and Annie Lennox. |
| Mr Mandela was born in South Africa's Eastern Cape on 18 July, 1918. | Mr Mandela was born in South Africa's Eastern Cape on 18 July, 1918. |