President to depart for UK tomorrow
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to depart for the UK tomorrow (17) to attend the funeral of late Queen Elizabeth II.
The royal funeral is to be held of Sep. 19 and the day has been declared a special public holiday as well as a day of mourning in Sri Lanka.
Queen Elizabeth II, who was the head of the Commonwealth, reigned as Queen of Ceylon from 1952 to 1972.
