He walked with queens and presidents, but never lost the common touch

May 8, 1996: South African President Nelson Mandela, flanked by his two deputies, Thabo Mbeki and F.W. deKlerk, applauds after a new constitution was approved by the Constitutional Assembly in Parliament in Cape Town. The constitution guarantees equal rights and majority rule and completes the transformation from the injustice of apartheid to a liberal democracy. (Picture: Leon Muller/AP)