Ex-President Pratibha Patil Wiki, Biography, Age, Spouse, Height, Weight, Net Worth, Fast Facts

“The Queen gave motivational authority to her country and to the British public. She was the first British monarch who had the deep respect of people from one side of the world to the other, especially from the Commonwealth,” said Patil.

He reviewed his own critical meeting with the Queen during her state visit to the UK in 2009. “I will always remember the brilliance, thoughtfulness and benevolence he showed me,” the former president said in a message of condolences to British High Commissioner for India Alex Ellis.

Patil added that the Queen overall “led with a steadfast commitment to commitment and elegance that will be constantly remembered.” “I share the anguish of the royal family and the people of the United Kingdom and convey my deepest condolences,” said former President Patil.

Then-President Patil had paid a four-day state visit to the UK in November 2009 to receive Queen Elizabeth II, becoming the first Indian lady to meet the British monarch.

Patil received an invitation of honor from the Queen at Windsor Palace, then received the Queen’s Baton for the 2010 Commonwealth Games at Buckingham Palace, formal meals and another engagement.

Patil’s other high-profile meetings included one with then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and opposition leader David Cameroon, who later became prime minister, as well as other political leaders, people from the Indian diaspora and other prominent figures.

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Sovereign Elizabeth had visited India on three occasions during her rule: the main notable visit of 1961 in the greeting of the country’s most memorable president, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, and the prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and was the main guest of the Republic Day festivities.

The Queen subsequently ventured to India to initiate the CHOGM meeting in 1983 during the residence of then President Giani Zail Singh and later Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, when she also had a popular meeting with Mother Teresa, later exalted as a saint.

The Queen’s last outing to the former British state and crown jewel was in 1997 and she was equally groundbreaking for the glittering festivities celebrating India’s Independence when she went to the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar and paid tribute to the Martyrs there.

For her part, the Queen hosted three Indian presidents: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (1963), Dr. R. Venkatraman (1990), followed by Pratibha Patil (2009), while former President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy had gone. to the wedding of the Prince of Wales, now King Charles, to Lady Diana in July 1981.