List of Commonwealth visits made by Queen Elizabeth II

Overseas trips made by Elizabeth II

Below is a list of visits to Commonwealth countries made by Queen Elizabeth II. Since acceding to the throne on 6 February 1952, and simultaneously inheriting from her father the position and title of Head of the Commonwealth, Elizabeth II has travelled to every country within the Commonwealth of Nations, except two of the most recent members, Cameroon and Rwanda. Canada is the most visited country, with 24 visits (not including fuel stops).

1950s

1952

• Kenya; 4–6 February

1953–54

• Bermuda; 24–25 November
• Jamaica; 25–27 November
• Fiji; 17–19 December
• Tonga; 19–20 December
• New Zealand; 23 December–30 January, in her capacity of Queen of New Zealand
• Australia; 3 February–1 April, in her capacity of Queen of Australia
• Cocos Islands; 5 April
• Ceylon; 10–21 April, in her capacity of Queen of Ceylon
• Aden; 27 April
• Uganda; 28–30 April
• Malta; 3–7 May
• Gibraltar; 10 May

1956

• Nigeria; 28 January–16 February

1957

• Canada; 12–16 October, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

1959

• Canada; 18 June–1 August, in her capacity of Queen of Canada

1960s

1961

• Cyprus (refuelling); 20 January
• India; 21 January–1 February
• Pakistan; 1–16 February (12–16 February Former East Pakistan, now Bangladesh )
• India; 16–26 February
• India; 1–2 March
• Ghana; 9–20 November
• Sierra Leone; 25 November–1 December, in her capacity of Queen of Sierra Leone.
• Gambia; 3–5 December

1962

• Canada; June, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

1963

• Canada; 30 January–1 February, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.
• Fiji; 2–3 February
• New Zealand; 6–18 February, in her capacity of Queen of the New Zealand.
• Australia; 18 February–27 March, in her capacity of Queen of Australia.
• Fiji (refuelling); 28 March
• Canada (refuelling); 29 March

1964

• Canada; 5–13 October, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

1966

• Canada (refuelling); 1 February
• Barbados; 1 February
• Mustique (private visit); 2 February
• British Guiana; 4–5 February
• Trinidad and Tobago; 7–10 February, in her capacity of Queen of Trinidad and Tobago.
• Grenada; 11 February
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; 13 February
• Barbados; 14–15 February
• Saint Lucia; 16 February
• Antigua (private visit); 17 February
• Dominica; 18 February
• Montserrat; 19 February
• Antigua; 20–21 February
• Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla; 22 February
• British Virgin Islands; 23 February
• Turks and Caicos Islands; 25 February
• Bahamas; 26–28 February
• Conception Island (private visit); 1 March
• Jamaica; 3–6 March, in her capacity of Queen of Jamaica.

1967

• Canada; 29 June–5 July, in her capacity of Queen of Canada
• Malta; 14–17 November, in her capacity of Queen of Malta

1970s

1970

• Canada; 2–3 March, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.
• Fiji; 4–5 March
• Tonga; 7 March
• New Zealand; 12–30 March, in her capacity of Queen of New Zealand.
• Australia; 30 March–3 May, in her capacity of Queen of Australia.
• Fiji (refuelling); 3 May
• Canada (refuelling); 3–4 May
• Canada; 5–15 July, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

1971

• Canada; 3–12 May, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

1972

• Singapore; 18–20 February
• Malaysia; 22–26, 28 February
• Brunei; 29 February
• Malaysia; 2 March
• Singapore; 5 March
• Malaysia; 6, 8 March
• Maldives; 13–14 March
• Seychelles; 19–20 March
• Mauritius; 24–26 March, in her capacity of Queen of Mauritius.
• Kenya; 26 March

1973

• Canada; 25 June–5 July, in her capacity of Queen of Canada
• Canada (for 2nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 31 July–4 August, in her capacity of Queen of Canada
• Canada (refuelling); 15 October
• Fiji; 16–17 October, in her capacity of Queen of Fiji
• Australia; 17–22 October, in her capacity of Queen of Australia
• Singapore (refuelling); 23 October

1974

• Canada (refuelling); 27 January
• Cook Islands; 28–29 January
• New Zealand; 30 January–8 February, in her capacity of Queen of New Zealand.
• Norfolk Island; 11 February
• New Hebrides; 15–16 February
• Solomon Islands; 18–21 February
• Papua New Guinea; 22–27 February
• Australia; 27–28 February, in her capacity of Queen of Australia.
• Singapore (refuelling); 28 February
• Singapore (refuelling); 14 March 1974
• Singapore (refuelling); 22 March 1974

1975

• Bermuda; 16–18 February
• Barbados; 18–20 February, in her capacity of Queen of Barbados.
• Bahamas; 20–21 February, in her capacity of Queen of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
• Bermuda (refuelling); 1 March
• Jamaica (for 3rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 26–30 April, in her capacity of Queen of Jamaica.
• Hong Kong; 4–7 May

1976

• Canada; 13–25 July, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

1977

• Western Samoa; 10–11 February
• Tonga; 14 February
• Fiji; 16–17 February, in her capacity of Queen of Fiji.
• New Zealand; 22 February–7 March, in her capacity of Queen of New Zealand.
• Australia; 7–23 March, in her capacity of Queen of Australia
• Papua New Guinea; 23–26 March, in her capacity of Queen of Papua New Guinea
• Australia; 26–30 March, in her capacity of Queen of Australia
• Canada; 14–19 October, in her capacity of Queen of Canada
• Bahamas; 19–20 October, in her capacity of Queen of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
• Plana Cays and Inagua (private); 22–23 October
• British Virgin Islands; 26 October
• Antigua (private); 27 October
• Antigua 28 October
• Mustique (private); 30 October
• Barbados; 31 October–2 November, in her capacity of Queen of Barbados.

1978

• Canada; 26 July–6 August, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

1979

• Tanzania; 19–22 July
• Malawi; 22–25 July
• Botswana; 25–27 July
• Zambia (for 5th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 27 July–4 August

1980s

1980

• Singapore (refuelling); 24 May
• Australia; 24–28 May, in her capacity of Queen of Australia.
• Singapore (refuelling); 29 May

1981

• Singapore (refuelling); 26 September
• Australia (for 6th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 26 September–12 October, in her capacity of Queen of Australia.
• New Zealand; 12–20 October, , in her capacity of Queen of New Zealand.
• Australia; 20–21 October, in her capacity of Queen of Australia.
• Sri Lanka; 21–25 October

1982

• Canada; 15–18 April, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.
• Singapore (refuelling); 5 October
• Australia; 5–13 October (Closed the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane on 9 October), in her capacity of Queen of Australia.
• Papua New Guinea; 13–14 October, in her capacity of Queen of Papua New Guinea.
• Solomon Islands; 18 October, in her capacity of Queen of the Solomon Islands.
• Nauru; 21 October
• Kiribati; 23 October
• Tuvalu; 26–27 October, in her capacity of Queen of Tuvalu.
• Fiji; 30 October–1 November, in her capacity of Queen of Fiji.

1983

• Bermuda (refuelling); 13 February
• Jamaica; 13–16 February, in her capacity of Queen of Jamaica
• Cayman Islands; 16–17 February
• Canada; 8–11 March, in her capacity of Queen of Canada
• Cyprus; 9–10 November
• Kenya; 10–14 November
• Bangladesh; 14–17 November
• India (for 7th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 17–26 November

1984

• Cyprus; 25–26 March
• Canada; 24 September–7 October, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

1985

• Belize; 9–11 October, in her capacity of Queen of Belize.
• Bahamas (for 8th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 11–18 October, in her capacity of Queen of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
• Inagua (private); 20 October
• Saint Kitts and Nevis; 23 October, in her capacity of Queen of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
• Antigua; 24 October, in her capacity of Queen of Antigua and Barbuda.
• Dominica; 25 October
• Saint Lucia; 26 October, in her capacity of Queen of Saint Lucia.
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; 27 October, in her capacity of Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
• Barbados; 28–29 October, in her capacity of Queen of Barbados.
• Mustique (private); 30 October
• Grenada; 31 October, in her capacity of Queen of Grenada.
• Trinidad and Tobago; 1–3 November

1986

• New Zealand; 22 February–2 March, in her capacity of Queen of New Zealand
• Australia; 2–13 March, in her capacity of Queen of Australia.
• Hong Kong; 21–23 October

1987

• Canada (for 10th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 9–24 October, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

1988

• Australia; 19 April–10 May, in her capacity of Queen of Australia.

1989

• Barbados; 8–11 March, in her capacity of Queen of Barbados.
• Singapore; 9–11 October
• Malaysia (for 11th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 14–21 October

1990s

1990

• Singapore (refuelling); 31 January
• Australia (refuelling); 1 February
• New Zealand; 1–16 February, in her capacity of Queen of New Zealand.
• Australia (refuelling); 17 February
• Singapore (refuelling); 17 February
• Canada; 27 June–1 July, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

1991

• Kenya (overnight stop); 7 October
• Namibia; 8–10 October
• Zimbabwe (12th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 10–19 October

1992

• Australia; 18–25 February, in her capacity of Queen of Australia.
• Malta; 28–30 May
• Canada; 30 June–2 July, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

1993

• Cyprus (13th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 18–24 October

1994

• Anguilla; 18 February
• Dominica; 19 February
• Guyana; 19–22 February
• Belize; 22–24 February, in her capacity of Queen of Belize.
• Cayman Islands; 26–27 February
• Jamaica; 1–3 March, in her capacity of Queen of Jamaica.
• Bahamas; 6–8 March in her capacity of Queen of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
• Bermuda; 8–10 March
• Canada; 13–22 August, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

1995

• South Africa; 19–25 March
• New Zealand (14th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 30 October–11 November, in her capacity of Queen of New Zealand.

1997

• Canada; 23 June–2 July, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.
• Pakistan; 6–12 October
• India; 12–18 October

1998

• Brunei; 17–20 September
• Malaysia; 20–23 September

1999

• Ghana; 7–9 November
• South Africa (16th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 9–15 November
• Mozambique; 15 November

2000s

2000

• Australia; 17 March–1 April, in her capacity of Queen of Australia.

2002

• Jamaica; 18–20 February, in her capacity of Queen of Jamaica.
• New Zealand; 22–27 February, in her capacity of Queen of New Zealand.
• Australia (17th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 27 February–3 March, in her capacity of Queen of Australia.
• Canada; 4–15 October in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

2003

• Nigeria (18th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 3–6 December

2005

• Canada; 17–25 May, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.
• Malta (19th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 23–26 November

2006

• Australia (Opened the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne on 15 March), in her capacity of Queen of Australia.
• Singapore; 16–18 March

2007

• Malta; 20–21 November
• Uganda (20th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting); 21–24 November

2009

• Bermuda; 24–26 November
• Trinidad and Tobago; 26–28 November (21st Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting)

2010s

2010

• Canada; 28 June-6 July, in her capacity of Queen of Canada.

2011

• Australia; (22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) 19–29 October 2011, in her capacity of Queen of Australia

See also

• Royal visits to Australia
• Royal tours of Canada
• States headed by Elizabeth II
• Royal and viceroyal transport in Canada
• Air transport of the Royal Family and government of the United Kingdom

External links

• The Commonwealth—UK government site