List of Commonwealth visits made by Queen Elizabeth II
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Queen Elizabeth II became Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952. Since then, she has toured the Commonwealth of Nations and their territories and dependencies widely. She has visited all except Cameroon and Rwanda, two of the most recent members.
Tours of the British Islands are excluded from the list below.
1950s[edit]
Date | Country | Host |
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6 February 1952[1] | Kenya | Governor Mitchell |
24–25 November 1953[1] | Bermuda | Governor Hood |
25–27 November 1953[1] | Jamaica | Governor Foot |
17–19 December 1953[1] | Fiji | Governor Garvey |
19–20 December 1953[1] | Tonga | Queen Sālote Tupou III |
23 December 1953 – 30 January 1954[1] | New Zealand | Governor-General Norrie |
3 February 1954 – 1 April 1954[1] | Australia | Governor-General Slim |
5 April 1954[1] | Cocos Islands | Governor Nicoll |
10–21 April 1954[1] | Ceylon | Governor-General Ramsbotham |
27 April 1954[1] | Aden | Governor Hickinbotham |
28–30 April 1954[1] | Uganda | Governor Cohen |
3–7 May 1954[1] | Malta | Governor Creasy |
10 May 1954[1] | Gibraltar | Governor MacMillan |
28 January – 16 February 1956[1][2] | Nigeria | Governor-General Robertson |
12–16 October 1957[1] | Canada | Governor General Massey |
18 June – 1 August 1959[1] | Canada | Governor General Massey |
1960s[edit]
1970s[edit]
1980s[edit]
1990s[edit]
2000s[edit]
Date | Country | Host |
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17 March – 1 April 2000[1] | Australia | Governor-General Deane |
18–20 February 2002[1] | Jamaica | Governor-General Cooke |
22–27 February 2002[1] | New Zealand | Governor-General Cartwright |
27 February – 3 March 2002[1] | Australia (for 17th CHOGM) | Governor-General Hollingworth |
4–15 October 2002[1] | Canada | Governor General Clarkson |
3–6 December 2003[1] | Nigeria (for 18th CHOGM) | President Obasanjo |
17–25 May 2005[1] | Canada | Governor General Clarkson |
23–26 November 2005[1] | Malta (for 19th CHOGM) | President Fenech Adami |
11–16 March 2006[1] | Australia | Governor-General Jeffery |
16–18 March 2006[1] | Singapore | President Nathan |
20 November 2007[1] | Malta | President Fenech Adami |
21–24 November 2007[1] | Uganda (for 20th CHOGM) | President Museveni |
24–26 November 2009 | Bermuda | Governor Gozney |
26–28 November 2009 | Trinidad and Tobago (for 21st CHOGM) | President Richards |
2010s[edit]
Date | Country | Host |
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28 June – 6 July 2010[1] | Canada | Governor General Jean |
19–29 October 2011[1] | Australia (for 22nd CHOGM) [1] | Governor-General Bryce |
26–28 November 2015[6] | Malta (for 24th CHOGM) | President Coleiro Preca |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ "Queen's 1956 Tour of Nigeria". British Pathé. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ (12–16 February Former East Pakistan, now Bangladesh)
- ^ "Sights and Sounds of History". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 1 March 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Outward State visits since 1952, official website of the British monarchy. Retrieved 4 September 2012[dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.