Zvisinei, muna 1965, Mutungamiri weRhodesia, Ian Smith, achipesana nekufamba kuenda kuhutongi hwehuwandu, akazivisa rusununguko unilaterally achiratidza "kuvimbika uye kuzvipira" kuna Elizabeth. Kunyange zvazvo Mambokadzi akamudzinga zviri pamutemo, uye nharaunda yepasi rose yakashandisa zvirango kurwisa Rhodesia, hutongi hwake hwakapona kweanopfuura makore gumi. Sezvo hukama hweBritain kune hwaive humambo hwayo hwakadzikira, hurumende yeBritain yakatsvaga kupinda muEuropean Community, chinangwa chakawanikwa muna 1973. Muna Kukadzi 1974, Mutungamiri weBritain, Edward Heath, akapa zano Mambokadzi kuti ashevedze sarudzo huru pakati pekushanya kwake kuAustron Pacific Rim, achimumanikidza kuti adzokere kumashure.
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