South African President visits the Abbey

Prayers were said at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior and the President laid a wreath in honour of the fallen of the two World Wars and more recent conflicts.

He was then escorted on a tour of the Abbey by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, pausing at the memorial to former South African President and anti-Apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela. The memorial was dedicated in the Abbey's nave in 2018 at a service held on the centenary of Mr Mandela's birth.

Following the tour, the Dean invited President Ramaphosa to sign the Distinguished Visitors’ Book.