Nelson Mandela, 1997Hosted by a fresh faced Tony Blair, the 1997 Commonwealth heads of government meeting, held in Edinburgh from 24 to 27 October, was the largest in Commonwealth history to that point. Even the Queen made an appearance, the first for a monarch. This was Nelson Mandelas second appearance as South African president and his last. You feel as if you are intruding on a rare private moment for Mandela, as he sits on a train headed for St Andrews golf course