List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II
King George VI, on 6 February 1952 and remained Head of the Commonwealth until her death on 8 September 2022. During that time, she toured the Commonwealth of Nations widely. She visited all member states except for Cameroon, and the three most recently joined member states, Rwanda, Togo and Gabon.[1][2][3]
Her first foreign tour was before her accession when she accompanied her parents to the countries of Southern Africa in 1947.
Tours of the British Islands are excluded from the list below.
1950s
Date | Country | Host |
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6 February 1952[4] | Kenya | Governor Mitchell
|
24–25 November 1953[4] | Bermuda | Governor Hood
|
25–27 November 1953[4] | Jamaica | Governor Foot |
17–19 December 1953[4] | Fiji | Governor Garvey |
19–20 December 1953[4] | Tonga | Queen Sālote Tupou III |
23 December 1953 – 30 January 1954[4] | New Zealand | Governor-General Norrie |
3 February 1954 – 1 April 1954[4] | Australia | Governor-General Slim |
5 April 1954[4] | Cocos Islands | Governor Nicoll |
10–21 April 1954[4] | Ceylon | Governor-General Ramsbotham |
27 April 1954[4]
|
Aden | Governor Hickinbotham |
28–30 April 1954[4] | Uganda | Governor Cohen
|
3–7 May 1954[4] | Malta | Governor Creasy |
10 May 1954[4] | Gibraltar | Governor MacMillan |
28 January – 16 February 1956[4][5] | Nigeria | Governor-General Robertson |
12–16 October 1957[4] | Canada | Governor General Massey |
18 June – 1 August 1959[4] | Canada | Governor General Massey |
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Date | Country | Host |
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17 March – 1 April 2000[4] | Australia | Governor-General Deane |
18–20 February 2002[4] | Jamaica | Governor-General Cooke |
22–27 February 2002[4] | New Zealand | Governor-General Cartwright |
27 February – 3 March 2002[4] | 17th CHOGM )
|
Governor-General Hollingworth |
4–15 October 2002[4] | Canada | Governor General Clarkson |
3–6 December 2003[4] | 18th CHOGM )
|
President Obasanjo |
17–25 May 2005[4] | Canada | Governor General Clarkson |
23–26 November 2005[4] | 19th CHOGM )
|
President Fenech Adami |
11–16 March 2006[4] | Australia | Governor-General Jeffery
|
16–18 March 2006[4] | Singapore | President Nathan |
20 November 2007[4] | Malta | President Fenech Adami |
21–24 November 2007[4] | 20th CHOGM )
|
President Museveni |
24–26 November 2009 | Bermuda | Governor Gozney |
26–28 November 2009 | 21st CHOGM )
|
President Richards |
2010s
Date | Country | Host |
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28 June – 6 July 2010[4] | Canada | Governor General Jean |
19–29 October 2011[4] | 22nd CHOGM)[4]
|
Governor-General Bryce |
26–28 November 2015[11] | 24th CHOGM )
|
President Coleiro Preca
|
Commonwealth countries and territories never visited by Elizabeth II
British overseas territories |
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British Antarctic Territory |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
Falkland Islands |
Pitcairn Islands, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (never visited as Queen) |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
Other territories |
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Australian Antarctic Territory (external territory of Australia)[a] |
Ashmore and Cartier Islands (external territory of Australia)[a] |
Christmas Island (external territory of Australia)[a] |
Coral Sea Islands (external territory of Australia)[a] |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (external territory of Australia)[a] |
Niue (Realm of New Zealand) |
Ross Dependency (dependency of New Zealand)[a] |
Tokelau (dependency of New Zealand) |
Commonwealth countries |
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Cameroon |
Eswatini (never visited as Queen) |
Gabon |
Lesotho (never visited as Queen) |
Maldives (never visited while the country has been a member) |
Rwanda |
Togo |
See also
- List of state visits made by Elizabeth II
- List of state and official visits by Canada
- Royal tours of Australia
- Royal tours of Canada
- List of official overseas trips made by Charles III
- List of official overseas trips made by the Prince and Princess of Wales
- List of official overseas trips made by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
Notes
References
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth has never visited THESE Commonwealth countries on a state visit". 10 April 2018.
The Queen has yet to visit Cameroon and Rwanda
- ^ Hebblethwaite, Cordelia (4 May 2012). "Why hasn't the Queen visited Greece?". BBC News.
The Queen has made it to every single nation in the Commonwealth, except two of the more recent entrants, Rwanda and Cameroon.
- ^ "The Royal Family's visits around the Commonwealth". Official website of the British royal family. 17 April 2018.
The Queen has visited every country in the Commonwealth (with the exception of Cameroon, which joined in 1995 and Rwanda which joined in 2009)
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- British Pathé. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ "Cyprus: Akrotiri: Queen Elizabeth Meets Archbishop Makarios".
- ^ (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 Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bolton, Carole (Fl.1994) - the Royal Luncheon, Officers Mess, Royal Air Force, Akrotiri, 23 October 1993".
- ^ "State Visit to Malta and CHOGM". The Royal Family. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2020.