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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Countries | State visits | Notes |
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| 1 | Monarchy abolished in 1975. | |
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| 4 | 3 visits for West Germany and 1 for the reunited Germany. | |
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| 1 | Monarchy abolished in 1979. | |
| 1 | Monarchy abolished in 1958. | |
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| 2 | Monarchy abolished in 2008. | |
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| 1 | Now called Democratic Republic of the Congo. | |
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