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Rishi Sunak arrives for the Horse Guards Parade during for the welcome ceremony of the President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril RamaphosaLeon Neal/Getty Images

Tomorrow morning, the president will be joined by the Earl of Wessex for a visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The president and Prince Edward will then visit the Francis Crick Institute, a biomedical research centre that works across academia, medicine and industry to understand the biology behind health and disease. Afterwards, President Ramaphosa will travel to No. 10 Downing Street for a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak.

The president will return to Buckingham Palace to formally bid farewell to the King, before receiving a call by the Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer. In the evening the president, joined by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, will attend a banquet at the Guildhall given by the Lord Mayor and City of London Corporation.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at Stansted airport in London

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