BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in South Africa Tuesday at the start of a five-day visit during which she will officially open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The Queen was met at Waterkloof Airforce Base by South Africa’s Foreign Minister Nkosazana Zuma, British High Commissioner Maeve Fort and other officials. During her visit, the queen is expected to express regret for the loss of life on all sides in the Boer War, a British newspaper reported on Tuesday. According to the Independent newspaper, the British monarch will express regret for the loss of life on all sides — British, Afrikaner and black — during the war which began 100 years ago. The remarks are expected to come during a speech at a state banquet on Wednesday.