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Nelson Mandela funeral: Archbishop Desmond Tutu not invited

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a veteran anti-apartheid campaigner in South Africa, has said he will not be going to Nelson Mandela’s funeral because he has not been invited.

“I would have loved to attend the service to say a final farewell to someone I loved and treasured,” Desmond Tutu said in a statement.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said he will not be going to Nelson Mandela's funeral because he has not been invited

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said he will not be going to Nelson Mandela’s funeral because he has not been invited

But he did not want to gatecrash “a private family funeral.”

However, a presidential spokesman said Archbishop Desmond Tutu was on the guest list for Sunday’s funeral and a solution would be found.

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