Three decades of bloodshed prompt revisionist view of president who went from freedom fighter to tyrant.

Prince Charles saluted as the band played God Save the Queen. Thousands at the Rufaro football stadium in Salisbury, Rhodesia cheered when the Union flag was lowered on one pole, and the red, green, black and gold flag of Zimbabwe raised on another. Legend has it that the first official words spoken in the new nation were: "Ladies and gentlemen, Bob Marley and the Wailers."