Her first trip as Queen was meeting the governor of Kenya, Sir Philip Mitchell, on 6 February 1952, where she heard the news of her father George VI's death, while her last tour was a trip to Malta with the Duke of Edinburgh in 2015, a fitting end to a life of overseas travel, as this was where the royal couple lived ...
And how fitting that her last foreign trip was to Malta. It was here that she lived with her new husband Prince Philip for two years from 1949 when they were first married. She often referred to the country as a second home, and it was known as a firm favourite among all her many destinations.
Queen Elizabeth II's 2015 Trip To Malta Was Her Last Official Overseas Visit.
After the Queen's 70 year reign, and visits to 117 countries, Her Majesty made her final country visit to Malta back in 2015. Malta holds fond memories for the Queen who spent two years on the island between 1949 and 1951 when Prince Philip was working as a naval officer on HMS Chequers.
In October 1994, president Boris Yeltsin hosted Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in Russia. It was the first—and only—time a reigning British monarch made a state visit to the country, and the historic trip is depicted in the fifth season of The Crown.
The Queen carried out a number of historic trips, including becoming the first British monarch to visit China in 1986, and the first in a century to tour the Republic of Ireland in 2011, but there are still places she never visited, including Israel, thought to be due to political reasons, and Greece, because of Prince ...
Elizabeth II was the first British monarch to visit Chinese mainland, back in 1986, where she would meet with then Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, alongside her husband Prince Philip.
Elizabeth II is the only reigning monarch of Australia to have set foot on Australian soil; she first did so on 3 February 1954, when she was 27 years old. During her sixteen journeys, the Queen visited every Australian state and the two major territories.
Throughout her 70-year reign, the sovereign visited the US several times and undertook three state visits of the country. From Harry Truman to Joe Biden, the head of Britain's royal family met with 13 of the last 14 US presidents.
The Queen has visited Canada more than any other country – a grand total of 27 times. As Canada is a member of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth remains its Head of State, although her role is purely ceremonial. Canada is the only nation, apart from the UK, for whom the Queen has made a state visit on behalf of.
As of 2023, there are 15 Commonwealth realms: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom.
The number of states headed by Elizabeth II varied during her 70 years as queen, altogether seeing her as sovereign of a total of 32 independent countries during this period.
Britain's longest-serving monarch Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday, visited India three times in 1961, 1983, and 1997. But her first visit, which was 15 years after India's Independence, was a significant one given that she was the first reigning monarch to visit the former colony.
During the 1980s the Queen made short tours to open the new High Court of Australia building in Canberra, the City Square in Melbourne, the 1981 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Melbourne, the new National Gallery in 1982 and the Parramatta Stadium in Sydney in 1986.
During royal visits to countries where the Queen is head of state, it is normal practice for the host nation to pay for the cost of the trip. The figures were released by Australia's Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet after a Freedom of Information request, but do not include the cost of security or GST.
The Queen's visits included opening the Sydney Opera House in 1973, Darling Harbour in 1988 and the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006. She first visited in 1954, two years after ascending to the throne following the death of her father King George VI, and made her last visit in 2011.
Members of the Royal Family have visited Japan on many occasions. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh conducted a six-day tour of Japan in 1975, and welcomed Emperor Naruhito, then the Crown Prince, to Windsor Castle in 2001.
During her reign, the Queen visited Hong Kong twice, first in May 1975, followed by another trip in October 1986.
Her Majesty's passing was widely covered in China in both the official media and social media. President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to King Charles III on 9 September, saying: “Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, has won wide acclaim.
In 1930, king Albert and queen Elizabeth returned to Egypt for an official state visit followed by a private journey. The queen visited several archaeological sites while excavations were ongoing, expertly guided by archaeologist Jean Capart.
France had a monarchy in some form for over 1,000-years - from the days of the Frankish dynasties to the 19th century. However, there was never a Queen monarch that ruled the country. Here, Melissa Barndon considers why France never had a Queen.
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After last year's elections in Nicaragua, the U.K. government condemned the process as “neither free, nor fair” and expressed concern for “the deterioration of political and human rights” in the country.
In her letters she referred to "horrid Russia" and was adamant that she did not wish her granddaughters to marry into that barbaric country. She distrusted Tsar Nicholas I but as a young woman she was bowled over by his son the future Alexander II, although there could be no question of a marriage.
королева {f} queen (also: crown)