Queen of Mauritius

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Queen of Mauritius
Coat of arms of Mauritius
Elizabeth II
Details
StyleHer Majesty
Formation12 March 1968
Abolition12 March 1992

governor-general
. Mauritius became a republic in 1992.

History

Queen Elizabeth II on a Mauritian 10 rupee coin, 1971

The Parliament of the United Kingdom's Mauritius Independence Act 1968 transformed the British Crown Colony of Mauritius into an independent sovereign state. Unusually, no member of the British royal family attended the independence ceremony on the island because of security concerns. Princess Alexandra was due to attend but after communal violence the British minister of state for the Commonwealth, Lord Shepherd, advised that her visit be cancelled.[2]

Queen Elizabeth and her husband,

Prince Philip, visited Mauritius for three days (24–26 March) in 1972, as part of a tour of Asia and Africa. They arrived in Port Louis on the royal yacht Britannia after visiting the Seychelles. They were met by a crowd of nearly a quarter of a million people, and rode through the city in an open-topped car. During the visit, the Queen opened the sixth session of the third Mauritius Parliament. The royal couple left Mauritius for Nairobi by air. It was the first ever visit to the island by a reigning monarch.[3]

Mauritius became a republic within the Commonwealth in 1992 with the president of Mauritius replacing Elizabeth as head of state.[4]

Queen's Personal Flag for Mauritius

Queen Elizabeth II had a personal flag for use in

Queen's Personal Flag.[7]

The Queen's Personal Flag for Mauritius

Styles

Elizabeth II had the following styles in her role as the monarch of Mauritius:

  • 12 March 1968 – 25 April 1968: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith[8][9]
  • 25 April 1968 – 12 March 1992: Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Mauritius and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth[9][10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Mauritius country profile". BBC. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. ISBN 978-0-19-921423-5
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  3. ^ "Mauritius: Queen Elizabeth Arrives for a Three-Day Visit to Mauritius". ITN. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Barbados to remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2023-06-04.
  5. ^ "SYND 25-3-72 QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS MAURITIUS AND OPENS PARLIAMENT". AP Archive. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  6. ^ Coat of Arms - Republic of Mauritius
  7. ^ Flag Bulletin, Volume 27, Flag Research Center, 1988, p. 134, PERSONAL FLAGS The Royal Standard is the flag used to represent Queen Elizabeth II throughout the United Kingdom and dependencies , in all non-Commonwealth countries, and sometimes in the dominions. .. Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, Mauritius ... Sierra Leone, Malta, and Trinidad and Tobago also had such flags.
  8. ^ "No. 39873". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 May 1953. p. 3023.
  9. ^ a b "Mauritius: Heads of State: 1968-1992". archontology.org. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  10. ISBN 9780230271142
  11. ^ Revised Laws of Mauritius, 1981. Attorney-General's Office. 1981. p. 75. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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