During the Golden Jubilee visit to Great Britain, Her Majesty the Queen hosted a black-tie dinner in honour of The Aga Khan at Buckingham Palace. The dinner was attended by -- from the Royal Family, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, and the Duke of York, and, from the Imamat Family, by Prince Amyn, Princess Yasmin, Princess Zahra, Prince Rahim, Prince Hussain and Princess Khaliya, along with senior Jamati and AKDN leaders. In London, The Aga Khan undertook a busy schedule of meetings and other engagements which included meeting the British Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Gordon Brown, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, the Right Honourable David Cameron, Leader of the Conservative Party, the Right Honourable David Miliband, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Right Honourable Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Justice and the Lord Chancellor and the Right Honourable Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development. The Aga Khan was guest of honour at a luncheon hosted by The Right Honourable Jack Straw, Secretary of State for justice and the Lord Chancellor. Also during the visit, The Aga Khan hosted a reception for diplomats and senior government officials, followed by an Imamat dinner attended by political and civil society leaders from across the UK, including former Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher. The Aga Khan also met with the faculty and staff of The Institute of Ismaili Studies and the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and with the Ismaili Leaders’ International Forum.
3 окт 2024
