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Rhodesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Initially, the state maintained its loyalty to Queen Elizabeth II as "Queen of Rhodesia" (a title to which she never consented) but not to her representative, the Governor Sir Humphrey Gibbs, whose constitutional duties were exercised by an "Officer Administering the Government", Clifford Dupont. |
| | On March 2, 1970, Rhodesia's government formally severed links with the British Crown, and Rhodesia was declared a republic, with Dupont as President. |
| | Dupont was a London solicitor who had emigrated to Rhodesia in 1953. |
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