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Happy birthday Madiba! - Everybody wants a picture with our Madiba! To celebrate his 93rd birthday, we look at some of his photos with his famous friends from around the world.
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Rubbing shouders with royals - In 2007 Madiba was snapped with Prince Albert of Monaco and SA's Charlene Wittstock.
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History lesson - Beyoncé visited Nelson Mandela's cell on Robben Island back in 2003.
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Music and magic - In 2005 Madiba shot a number of portraits with artists to promote 46664 Arctic. Here he is with Queen's Brian May.
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Saffers making it big - Madiba and Charlize Theron share a giggle in 2004.
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46664 promo shots - Madiba with Sharon Corr of The Corrs.
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46664 promo shots - Madiba with Angelique Kidjo.
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46664 promo shots - Madiba with Aids activist and singer Annie Lennox.
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Mingling in Monaco - Madiba attended a gala dinner in Monaco in 2007 where he met Princess Caroline and Prince Albert.
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Madiba and... Madiba? - Morgan Freeman, who played Nelson Mandela in the film Invictus, with the real Madiba.
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Meal for Madiba - Nelson Mandela with Gordon Ramsay and Sol Kerzner at the opening of the One and Only Cape Town in 2009.
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Madiba sandwich - Nelson Mandela poses with supermodel Naomi Campbell and his wife Graca Machel in 2007.
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Film friends - Robert de Niro joins Madiba on stage at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002.
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More famous friends - At Tribeca Madiba also met with Whoopi Goldberg and Hugh Grant.
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One&Only - Sharon Stone also met Madiba at the One&Only Cape Town launch in 2009.
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Magical Madiba - With Will Smith and Sting while promoting the 46664 Arctic concerts.
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