A shekara ta 1965, duk da haka, Firayim Ministan Rhodesia, Ian Smith, a cikin adawa da tafiye-tafiye zuwa mulkin rinjaye, ya bayyana 'yancin kai yayin da yake nuna "aminci da sadaukarwa" ga Elizabeth. Ko da yake Sarauniya ta kori shi a hukumance, kuma al'ummar kasa da kasa ta yi amfani da takunkumi a kan Rhodesia, mulkinsa ya tsira fiye da shekaru goma. Yayin da alaƙar Burtaniya da tsohuwar daularta ta raunana, gwamnatin Burtaniya ta nemi shiga cikin Ƙungiyar Tarayyar Turai, burin da ta cimma a shekara ta 1973. A watan Fabrairun 1974, Firayim Ministan Burtaniya, Edward Heath, ya shawarci Sarauniya ta kira babban zaɓe a tsakiyar tafiyarta a yankin Austron Pacific Rim, yana buƙatar ta dawo da mulkin mallaka.
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