After acceding to the thrones of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms in February 1952, Queen Elizabeth II received a total of 113 state visits. [1] She usually hosted one or two visiting heads of state each year. A state visit normally lasted for four days, including a state banquet given by The Queen at one of the royal residences as well as a formal reception of the City of London at Guildhall. [a]
No. | Date | Country | Regime | Guests | Venue for state banquet |
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1950s | |||||
1 | 28 June – 1 July 1954 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Gustaf VI Adolf Queen Louise | Buckingham Palace |
2 | 14–16 October 1954 | ![]() | Emperor Haile Salassie I | ||
3 | 25–28 October 1955 | ![]() | Republic | President Francisco Craveiro Lopes First Lady Berta Craveiro Lopes | |
4 | 16–19 July 1956 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Faisal II | |
5 | 13–16 May 1958 | ![]() | Republic | President Giovanni Gronchi Mme Carla Gronchi | |
6 | 21–23 October 1958 | ![]() | Republic | President Theodor Heuss | |
7 | 5–8 May 1959 | ![]() | Monarchy | Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | |
1960s | |||||
8 | 5–8 April 1960 | ![]() | Republic | President Charles de Gaulle Mme Yvonne de Gaulle | Buckingham Palace |
9 | 19–21 July 1960 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Bhumibol Adulyadej Queen Sirikit | |
10 | 17–20 October 1960 | ![]() | King Mahendra Queen Ratna | ||
11 | 10–13 July 1962 | ![]() | Republic | President William Tubman First Lady Antoinette Tubman | |
12 | 16–19 October 1962 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Olav V | Holyrood Palace [b] |
13 | 14–17 May 1963 | ![]() | King Baudouin I Queen Fabiola | Buckingham Palace | |
14 | 12–23 June 1963 | ![]() | Republic | President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan [3] | |
15 | 9–12 July 1963 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Paul I Queen Frederika | |
16 | 26 May – 4 June 1964 | ![]() | Republic | President Ibrahim Abboud [4] [5] | |
17 | 13–17 July 1965 | ![]() | President Eduardo Frei Montalva First Lady María Ruiz-Tagle Jiménez | ||
18 | 17–21 May 1966 | ![]() | President Franz Jonas First Lady Margarete Jonas | ||
19 | 19–28 July 1966 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Hussein I Princess Muna al-Hussein | |
20 | 17–25 November 1966 | ![]() | Republic | President Ayub Khan [3] | |
21 | 9–17 May 1967 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Faisal | |
22 | 1–8 November 1967 | ![]() | Republic | President Cevdet Sunay First Lady Atıfet Sunay | |
23 | 22–30 April 1969 | ![]() | President Giuseppe Saragat Mme Ernestina Santacatterina | Windsor Castle [c] | |
24 | 15–20 July 1969 | ![]() | President Urho Kekkonen First Lady Sylvi Kekkonen | Buckingham Palace | |
1970s | |||||
25 | 5–8 October 1971 | ![]() | Monarchy | Emperor Hirohito [d] [6] [7] Empress Nagako | Buckingham Palace |
26 | 7–10 December 1971 | ![]() | King Mohammed Zahir Shah | ||
27 | 11–15 April 1972 | ![]() | Queen Juliana [e] Prince Bernhard | Windsor Castle | |
28 | 13–16 June 1972 | ![]() | Grand Duke Jean Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte | Buckingham Palace | |
29 | 24–27 October 1972 | ![]() | Republic | President Gustav Heinemann Mme Hilda Heinemann | Windsor Castle |
30 | 3–6 April 1973 | ![]() | President Luis Echeverría First Lady María Esther Zuno | ||
31 | 12–15 June 1973 | ![]() | General Yakubu Gowon [3] First Lady Victoria Gowon | Buckingham Palace | |
32 | 11–14 December 1973 | ![]() | President Mobutu Sese Seko First Lady Marie-Antoinette Mobutu | ||
33 | 30 April – 3 May 1974 | ![]() | Monarchy | Queen Margrethe II Prince Henrik | Windsor Castle |
34 | 9–12 July 1974 | ![]() | Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdul Halim of Kedah [3] Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Bahiyah | Buckingham Palace | |
35 | 8–11 July 1975 | ![]() | King Carl XVI Gustaf [8] | Holyrood Palace | |
36 | 18–21 November 1975 | ![]() | Republic | President Julius Nyerere [3] | Buckingham Palace |
37 | 4–7 May 1976 | ![]() | President Ernesto Geisel First Lady Lucy Geisel | ||
38 | 22–25 June 1976 | ![]() | President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Mme Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing | ||
39 | 13–16 June 1978 | ![]() | President Nicolae Ceaușescu First Lady Elena Ceaușescu | ||
40 | 14–17 November 1978 | ![]() | President António Ramalho Eanes First Lady Manuela Ramalho Eanes | ||
41 | 12–15 June 1979 | ![]() | President Daniel arap Moi [3] | ||
42 | 13–16 November 1979 | ![]() | President Suharto First Lady Siti Hartinah | ||
1980s | |||||
43 | 18–21 November 1980 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Birendra Queen Aishwarya | Buckingham Palace |
44 | 17–20 March 1981 | ![]() | Republic | President Shehu Shagari [3] | |
45 | 9–12 June 1981 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Khalid | |
46 | 16–19 March 1982 | ![]() | Sultan Qaboos bin Said | ||
47 | 16–19 November 1982 | ![]() | Queen Beatrix Prince Claus | ||
48 | 22–25 March 1983 | ![]() | Republic | President Kenneth Kaunda [3] First Lady Betty Kaunda | |
49 | 10–13 April 1984 | ![]() | Monarchy | Emir Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa | Windsor Castle |
50 | 23–26 October 1984 | ![]() | Republic | President François Mitterrand [9] [10] Mme Danielle Mitterrand | Buckingham Palace |
51 | 16–19 April 1985 | ![]() | President Hastings Banda [3] | Windsor Castle | |
52 | 11–14 June 1985 | ![]() | President Miguel de la Madrid First Lady Paloma Cordero | Buckingham Palace | |
53 | 12–15 November 1985 | ![]() | Monarchy | Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani | |
54 | 22–25 April 1986 | ![]() | King Juan Carlos I [11] Queen Sofía | Windsor Castle | |
55 | 1–4 July 1986 | ![]() | Republic | President Richard von Weizsäcker Mme Marianne von Weizsäcker | Buckingham Palace |
56 | 24–27 March 1987 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Fahd | |
57 | 14–17 July 1987 | ![]() | King Hassan II [12] [13] | ||
58 | 12–15 April 1988 | ![]() | King Olav V [f] | Windsor Castle | |
59 | 12–15 July 1988 | ![]() | Republic | President Kenan Evren | Buckingham Palace |
60 | 8–11 November 1988 | ![]() | President Abdou Diouf First Lady Elizabeth Diouf | ||
61 | 9–12 May 1989 | ![]() | President Ibrahim Babangida [3] [14] First Lady Maryam Babangida | ||
62 | 18–21 July 1989 | ![]() | Monarchy | Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan | |
1990s | |||||
63 | 3–6 April 1990 | ![]() | Republic | President R. Venkataraman [3] First Lady Janaki Venkataraman | Buckingham Palace |
64 | 23–26 October 1990 | ![]() | President Francesco Cossiga | ||
65 | 23–26 April 1991 | ![]() | President Lech Wałęsa [15] [16] First Lady Danuta Wałęsa | Windsor Castle | |
66 | 23–26 July 1991 | ![]() | President Hosni Mubarak [17] [18] First Lady Suzanne Mubarak | Buckingham Palace | |
67 | 3–6 November 1992 | ![]() | Monarchy | Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah [3] Queen Saleha | |
68 | 27–30 April 1993 | ![]() | Republic | President Mário Soares [19] [20] First Lady Maria Barroso | |
69 | 9–12 November 1993 | ![]() | Monarchy | Yang di-Pertuan Agong Azlan Shah of Perak [3] Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Bainun | |
70 | 17–20 May 1994 | ![]() | Republic | President Robert Mugabe [3] | |
71 | 5–8 July 1994 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Harald V Queen Sonja | Holyrood Palace |
72 | 23–26 May 1995 | ![]() | Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | Buckingham Palace | |
73 | 17–20 October 1995 | ![]() | Republic | President Martti Ahtisaari First Lady Eeva Ahtisaari | |
74 | 14–17 May 1996 | ![]() | President Jacques Chirac Mme Bernadette Chirac | ||
75 | 9–12 July 1996 | ![]() | President Nelson Mandela [3] | ||
76 | 25–28 February 1997 | ![]() | President Ezer Weizman Mme Reuma Weizman | ||
77 | 2–5 December 1997 | ![]() | President Fernando Henrique Cardoso First Lady Ruth Cardoso | ||
78 | 26–29 May 1998 | ![]() | Monarchy | Emperor Akihito [21] [22] Empress Michiko | |
79 | 1–4 December 1998 | ![]() | Republic | President Roman Herzog Mme Christiane Herzog | Windsor Castle |
80 | 22–25 June 1999 | ![]() | President Árpád Göncz [23] First Lady Zsuzsanna Göncz | ||
81 | 19–22 October 1999 | ![]() | President and CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin [24] [25] Mme Wang Yeping | Buckingham Palace | |
2000s | |||||
82 | 16–18 February 2000 | ![]() | Monarchy | Queen Margrethe II [g] Prince Henrik | Windsor Castle |
83 | 12–15 June 2001 | ![]() | Republic | President Thabo Mbeki [3] First Lady Zanele Dlamini Mbeki | |
84 | 6–9 November 2001 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Abdullah II Queen Rania | |
85 | 24–27 June 2003 | ![]() | Republic | President Vladimir Putin [26] [27] First Lady Lyudmila Putina | Buckingham Palace |
86 | 18–21 November 2003 | ![]() | President George W. Bush First Lady Laura Bush | ||
87 | 5–7 May 2004 | ![]() | President Aleksander Kwaśniewski First Lady Jolanta Kwaśniewska | ||
88 | 1–3 December 2004 | ![]() | President Roh Moo-hyun [28] [29] First Lady Kwon Yang-sook | ||
89 | 15–18 March 2005 | ![]() | President Carlo Ciampi [30] [31] Mme Franca Ciampi | ||
90 | 8–10 November 2005 | ![]() | President and CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao Mme Liu Yongqing | ||
91 | 7–9 March 2006 | ![]() | President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva First Lady Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva | ||
92 | 13–15 March 2007 | ![]() | President John Kufuor [32] [3] First Lady Theresa Kufuor | ||
93 | 30 October – 1 November 2007 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Abdullah | |
94 | 26–27 March 2008 | ![]() | Republic | President Nicolas Sarkozy [33] [34] Mme Carla Bruni | Windsor Castle |
95 | 30 March – 2 April 2009 | ![]() | President Felipe Calderón First Lady Margarita Zavala | Buckingham Palace | |
96 | 27–29 October 2009 | ![]() | President Pratibha Patil [3] First Gentleman Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat | Windsor Castle | |
2010s | |||||
97 | 3–5 March 2010 | ![]() | Republic | President Jacob Zuma [3] [35] [36] First Lady Thobeka Mabhija Zuma | Buckingham Palace |
98 | 16–19 September 2010 | ![]() | Monarchy | Pope Benedict XVI [37] [2] [h] | — [i] |
99 | 26–28 October 2010 | ![]() | Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Sheikha Moza bint Nasser | Windsor Castle | |
100 | 24–26 May 2011 | ![]() | Republic | President Barack Obama First Lady Michelle Obama | Buckingham Palace |
101 | 22–24 November 2011 | ![]() | President Abdullah Gül First Lady Hayrünnisa Gül | ||
102 | 31 October – 2 November 2012 | ![]() | President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono First Lady Kristiani Herrawati | ||
103 | 27–29 November 2012 | ![]() | Monarchy | Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah [38] [39] | Windsor Castle |
104 | 30 April – 1 May 2013 | ![]() | Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan [40] [41] | Windsor Castle [j] | |
105 | 5–7 November 2013 | ![]() | Republic | President Park Geun-hye [42] [43] | Buckingham Palace |
106 | 8–11 April 2014 | ![]() | President Michael D. Higgins [44] [45] Mrs Sabina Higgins | Windsor Castle | |
107 | 21–24 October 2014 | ![]() | President Tony Tan [3] [46] [47] First Lady Mary Tan | Buckingham Palace | |
108 | 3–5 March 2015 | ![]() | President Enrique Peña Nieto [48] [49] First Lady Angélica Rivera | ||
109 | 20–23 October 2015 | ![]() | President and CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping [50] [51] Mme Peng Liyuan | ||
110 | 1–3 November 2016 | ![]() | Republic | President Juan Manuel Santos [52] [53] First Lady María Clemencia Rodríguez | |
111 | 12–14 July 2017 | ![]() | Monarchy | King Felipe VI [54] [55] Queen Letizia | |
112 | 23–24 October 2018 | ![]() | King Willem-Alexander [56] [57] Queen Máxima | ||
113 | 3–5 June 2019 | ![]() | Republic | President Donald Trump [58] First Lady Melania Trump |
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