Queen Elizabeth the Second has visited Nigeria for the first time in almost 50 years. But according to the Associated the close she came to meeting with working class Nigeria was in a mock Nigeria village that was populated by actors playing villagers. The AP reported security concerns prevented her from visiting any real village. The village was constructed by the BBC for the set of radio soap opera. The BBC spun the story a bit differently. It claimed the Queen visited the site in order to meet with the actors of the soap opera.

The Queen’s visit came on the eve of the Commonwealth summit which was dominated by talk about Zimbabwe. After member nations refused to drop sanctions about Robert Mugabe’s government, Zimbabwe decided to quit the Commonwealth of former British-ruled nations.