I would like to join everyone in the United Kingdom and across the Commonwealth in their celebration of the Platinum Jubilee. The Queen has given her life in service of others, and I want to pay tribute for everything she has done to help make the world a better place. Like many others, I admired the Queen before I even set foot in the UK and my admiration for her has only continued to grow since. When deciding the title of my book, I settled on ‘A British Subject’ as it expressed my feelings towards the Queen and the UK perfectly. The UK is a great country to make a life in and I have been privileged to have worked for Her Majesty as a Minister in her government. The fact that a Ugandan-Asian can walk the corridors of powers in parliament is an example of how much things have changed in the UK with the help and guidance from the Queen. As a fellow champion of the Commonwealth, we could not have asked for a better leader than the Queen to have guided us for many years. I wish the Queen all the best in her celebrations.
