Aung San Suu Kyi Arrives in the UK 2012
One of our most popular channels is the Celebrity area so it gives great pleasure to showcase a truly iconic lady and one of the most revered celebrities in the world the one and only Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who is coming to visit the United Kingdom for the first time in more than two decades
The Burmese Nobel Peace Prize winner will be following this itinerary as she travels around the British Isles.
• Visit Oxford – Her former home town and university.
• Address both Houses of Parliament in London.
• Meet Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall.
• Have an audience with Prime Minister David Cameron.
• She starts the tour in Dublin with Bono of U2.
Plus she will meet her two sons Alexander and Kim Aris and many close friends she has not seen for more than twenty four years. Her late husband Michael Aris died in 1999 aged 53 of cancer while at the time Aung San Suu Kyi was isolated in Burma and the ruling junta refused to give her dying husband a Burmese visa so he could visit his beloved wife and say his final goodbyes!
For all our readers who are not familiar with Aung San Suu Kyi watch this documentary – quote – by Rebecca Frayn, screenwriter of The Lady, a recent feature film documenting her life.
A must watch as this lady is the one of the finest examples of an exceptional human being as anyone will find in the world today! If any reader has the opportunity to glimpse Aung San Suu Kyi in the United Kingdom, then seize the chance as this historic visit may well be a one off.
Aung San Suu Kyi Arrives in the UK 2012…
Legend
Aung San Suu Kyi – meaning – 1991: July 10. European Parliament awards Suu Kyi Sakharov human rights prize. – October 14. Norwegian Nobel Committee announces Suu Kyi is winner of 1991 Peace Prize. – Attribution to NobelPrize.Org
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