While there has been an abundance of tributes to the Queen, some critical remembrances have also been shared.

Of the 56 member countries making up the Commonwealth, 20 are in Africa. Among them is South Africa, where then 21-year-old Princess Elizabeth, heir to the throne, delivered a radio address from Cape Town during a trip with her family. She pledged to devote her "whole life" to serving her subjects, both in the United Kingdom and in the Commonwealth countries.

Seen in the long statement issued by the Economic Freedom Fighters party. "We do not mourn the death of [Queen] Elizabeth because to us her death is a reminder of a very tragic period in this country and Africa’s history. [...] During her 70-year reign as Queen, she never once acknowledged the atrocities that her family inflicted on native people that Britain invaded across the world," said the radical party, which follows a pan-Africanist ideology and was founded in 2013 by former members of the ruling African National Congress.

What does this death mean for the history that the queen has had with African member states?