Simon Mann’s fiancée leads mourners to pay tribute to mercenary behind failed ‘Wonga Coup’ at memorial service after his death aged 72

Simon Mann’s fiancée leads to those who mourned tribute to colored mercenaries who were imprisoned because of his previously unsuccessful role in the 2004 Wonga coup.

The life of the 72 -year -old former Ethonian Mann, an adventurous and brewing heir, was celebrated at a memorial ceremony at the Garded Chapel in the center of London.

Throughout his life, the former SAS officer was one of the 70 mercenaries arrested in Zimbabve in 2004 because he tried to make a coup in oil -rich Equatorial Guinea.

Sir Mark Thatcher, the son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was arrested in South Africa after accepting that he was involved in the coup attempt.

On May 8, 2025, Mann had a deadly heart stop and died in the arms of the bride neither Negar Yazdani.

Now, the 50 -year -old lawyer pioneered his monument by wearing the heart necklace he gave him shortly after his relationships two years ago.

Amanda is the mother of four of the seven children of the mercenaries.

After being released from a bad famrored black prison where the Equatorial Gunea was imprisoned for the role of Mann in the coup, he met with Amanda, but left last year.

The old mercenary, 72, experienced a deadly heart stop and died in his fiancée Negar Yazdani’s arms

Jack, who had previously played Polo, who was previously called Prince Harry’s ‘real best man’, was also involved in his father’s memorial ceremony.

Jack, wearing a dark blue suit with a matching red and blue tie, entered a service order, had fun in Black Rock in time, the coup and the time of the forces.

In the drawing, Mann takes steps towards the Gate of Heaven with countless angels holding signs of ‘Eton Pop’, ‘Eton Pop’, ‘Scottish Guards’ and ‘SAS’.

A message under the card ‘… Explain yourself!’ ‘A nearby sign, a sign that points down, says’ Black Rock’, referring to the prison where he was imprisoned for his previously unsuccessful role in the 2004 Wonga coup.

Negar in his monument, ‘Simon’s monument, was a beautiful celebration of an extraordinary life.

Im I am grateful to his friends, family and ex -colleagues who travel from around the world to honor him – a true proof of the deep respect and love he inspired.

‘Simon was not only a great man, but also a legend and a hero who would continue to live in the hearts of everyone who knew him.

‘Life, naughty humor, unlimited energy, unchanging loyalty, love and kindness – I will miss the qualities that define it and touch everyone around.’

In 1952, Mann was born into a privilege life and had an distinguished military career before he was involved in the coup.

Jack, who had previously played Polo, who previously played the Polo ‘real man’ of Prince Harry, took part in his father’s commemoration ceremony

Amanda, the third wife of the former SAS officer, honored the former SAS officer, the mother of four of seven children

His father George seized the British Cricket in the 1940s and was the heir of the Watney Mann Brewing Empire.

After Sandhurst, he served in the Scottish Guards in Cyprus, Germany, Norway and Northern Ireland in 1991 and SAS in 1991 and voluntarily volunteered as a reserve during the First Gulf War.

In 1996, he founded the lines of the former Scots guards in Mann, Angola, Sierra Leone with Colonel Tim Spiceer, a mercenary or ‘private military company’ sand line.

In 2004, Mann hit the headlines when they were arrested with £ 100,000 weapons and equipment aimed at designing the coup in Equatorial Guinea during a stop in Harare Airport and to overthrow the government of President Teodoro Obiang.

Mann and other conspirators claimed that they were only flying to the Republic of Democratic Congo to provide security for diamond mines, but after a hearing in Harare, he was given seven years for trying to get a gun for alleged coup.

In the meantime, ‘Scrater’ nicknamed Thatcher, Cape Town was arrested in the house and finally the plot was found guilty of ‘neglecting financial assistance’.

The coup was later financed by Lebanese Fixer Eli Calil, nicknamed ‘Smelly’ by the former state school assistant conspirators who died in his home in Holland Park in London.

President Obiang promised to eat Mann’s testicles and drag his naked body to the streets if he got the chance.

Later, in 2007, a court in Zimbabwe decided that a shaded agreement between the two governments had branded ‘Oil for Mann’ and that Mann had to be returned to the Ecuador Guinea.

At that time, Zimbabve President Robert Mugabe provided a large amount of oil from Guinea and believed that Mann North was widespread in exchange for sending him to meet his fate.

Multi millionaire Mann was thrown into the Prison of Famous Black Beach, where he was whipped on his leg iron and was sentenced to a prison sentence of less than 34 years.

However, he experienced malaria several times during his stay and cage in a small cell under cell imprisonment.

In England, his loyal wife Amanda fought with others to release her husband and wore a t -shirt adorned with slogan: ‘A man for Christmas. Not for life. ‘

In 2009, the man he tried to dismiss was given a ‘full forgiveness for human reasons’.

He then settled in the new forest with his wife Amanda, but the couple was reportedly divided in 2024.

He then established a relationship with Negar, whom he planned to marry after his absolute decree in August.

Simon asked me if I was seriously thinking about getting married very early. We were in Mauritius, on a beach. I said yes, ‘he said in September.

In the drawing, Mann takes steps towards the Gate of Heaven with countless angels holding signs of ‘Eton Pop’, ‘Eton Pop’, ‘Scottish Guards’ and ‘SAS’.

“ Free, a Ruby with a birth transport with a properly promised to offer. He told me he never wore a wedding, but he would be proud of me and he would be proud of me. ‘

‘People were still 20 years ago about Simon and their abuse, but he was a very changed man.

He died in the morning: ‘He took my hand and said: “Look at me. I want you to know that I’m the happiest I’ve ever been, and all the pain I’ve been through in my life is worth meeting and buying you. I feed every moment with you and I want much more”.

“For the first time, he wanted a family life in Africa that didn’t involve a conflict.

The night before he died, we went shopping for dinner at Waitrose and sat down to watch Downtton Abbey, something without blood and war. He knew what he was kidnapped.

‘He was teaching him to cook, a chicken had dominated Kiev, reading Shakespeare’s full works again, and he was reading Kipling’s poem to me; He was studying science and was on top of artificial intelligence and new technology.

‘I think he wanted to compensate for a history full of adventures by having a quiet and happy life with someone he loved in his 70s.’