List of state visits received by Elizabeth II

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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]

Contents

List of visits

No.DateCountryRegimeGuestsVenue for state banquet
1950s
128 June – 1 July 1954Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Monarchy King Gustaf VI Adolf
Queen Louise
Buckingham Palace
214–16 October 1954Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia Emperor Haile Salassie I
325–28 October 1955Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Republic President Francisco Craveiro Lopes
First Lady Berta Craveiro Lopes
416–19 July 1956Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Iraq MonarchyKing Faisal II
513–16 May 1958Flag of Italy (1946-2003).svg Italy RepublicPresident Giovanni Gronchi
Mme Carla Gronchi
621–23 October 1958Flag of Germany.svg West Germany RepublicPresident Theodor Heuss
75–8 May 1959State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Iran Monarchy Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1960s
85–8 April 1960Flag of France.svg France RepublicPresident Charles de Gaulle
Mme Yvonne de Gaulle
Buckingham Palace
919–21 July 1960Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand MonarchyKing Bhumibol Adulyadej
Queen Sirikit
1017–20 October 1960Flag of Nepal (1743-1962).svg Nepal King Mahendra
Queen Ratna
1110–13 July 1962Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia RepublicPresident William Tubman
First Lady Antoinette Tubman
1216–19 October 1962Flag of Norway.svg Norway MonarchyKing Olav V Holyrood Palace [b]
1314–17 May 1963Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium King Baudouin I
Queen Fabiola
Buckingham Palace
1412–23 June 1963Flag of India.svg India RepublicPresident Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan [3]
159–12 July 1963State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg Greece MonarchyKing Paul I
Queen Frederika
1626 May – 4 June 1964Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Sudan RepublicPresident Ibrahim Abboud [4] [5]
1713–17 July 1965Flag of Chile.svg Chile President Eduardo Frei Montalva
First Lady María Ruiz-Tagle Jiménez
1817–21 May 1966Flag of Austria.svg Austria President Franz Jonas
First Lady Margarete Jonas
1919–28 July 1966Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan MonarchyKing Hussein I
Princess Muna al-Hussein
2017–25 November 1966Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan RepublicPresident Ayub Khan [3]
219–17 May 1967Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938-1973).svg Saudi Arabia MonarchyKing Faisal
221–8 November 1967Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey RepublicPresident Cevdet Sunay
First Lady Atıfet Sunay
2322–30 April 1969Flag of Italy.svg Italy President Giuseppe Saragat
Mme Ernestina Santacatterina
Windsor Castle [c]
2415–20 July 1969Flag of Finland.svg Finland President Urho Kekkonen
First Lady Sylvi Kekkonen
Buckingham Palace
1970s
255–8 October 1971Flag of Japan.svg Japan MonarchyEmperor Hirohito [d] [6] [7]
Empress Nagako
Buckingham Palace
267–10 December 1971Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg Afghanistan King Mohammed Zahir Shah
2711–15 April 1972Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Queen Juliana [e]
Prince Bernhard
Windsor Castle
2813–16 June 1972Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Grand Duke Jean
Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte
Buckingham Palace
2924–27 October 1972Flag of Germany.svg West Germany RepublicPresident Gustav Heinemann
Mme Hilda Heinemann
Windsor Castle
303–6 April 1973Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico President Luis Echeverría
First Lady María Esther Zuno
3112–15 June 1973Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria General Yakubu Gowon [3]
First Lady Victoria Gowon
Buckingham Palace
3211–14 December 1973Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko
First Lady Marie-Antoinette Mobutu
3330 April – 3 May 1974Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark MonarchyQueen Margrethe II
Prince Henrik
Windsor Castle
349–12 July 1974Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdul Halim of Kedah [3]
Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Bahiyah
Buckingham Palace
358–11 July 1975Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden King Carl XVI Gustaf [8] Holyrood Palace
3618–21 November 1975Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania RepublicPresident Julius Nyerere [3] Buckingham Palace
374–7 May 1976Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil President Ernesto Geisel
First Lady Lucy Geisel
3822–25 June 1976Flag of France.svg France President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Mme Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing
3913–16 June 1978Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania President Nicolae Ceaușescu
First Lady Elena Ceaușescu
4014–17 November 1978Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal President António Ramalho Eanes
First Lady Manuela Ramalho Eanes
4112–15 June 1979Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya President Daniel arap Moi [3]
4213–16 November 1979Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia President Suharto
First Lady Siti Hartinah
1980s
4318–21 November 1980Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal MonarchyKing Birendra
Queen Aishwarya
Buckingham Palace
4417–20 March 1981Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria RepublicPresident Shehu Shagari [3]
459–12 June 1981Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia MonarchyKing Khalid
4616–19 March 1982Old Flag of Oman.svg Oman Sultan Qaboos bin Said
4716–19 November 1982Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Queen Beatrix
Prince Claus
4822–25 March 1983Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia RepublicPresident Kenneth Kaunda [3]
First Lady Betty Kaunda
4910–13 April 1984Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg Bahrain MonarchyEmir Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa Windsor Castle
5023–26 October 1984Flag of France.svg France RepublicPresident François Mitterrand [9] [10]
Mme Danielle Mitterrand
Buckingham Palace
5116–19 April 1985Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi President Hastings Banda [3] Windsor Castle
5211–14 June 1985Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico President Miguel de la Madrid
First Lady Paloma Cordero
Buckingham Palace
5312–15 November 1985Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar MonarchyEmir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
54 22–25 April 1986Flag of Spain.svg Spain King Juan Carlos I [11]
Queen Sofía
Windsor Castle
551–4 July 1986Flag of Germany.svg West Germany RepublicPresident Richard von Weizsäcker
Mme Marianne von Weizsäcker
Buckingham Palace
5624–27 March 1987Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia MonarchyKing Fahd
5714–17 July 1987Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco King Hassan II [12] [13]
5812–15 April 1988Flag of Norway.svg Norway King Olav V [f] Windsor Castle
5912–15 July 1988Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey RepublicPresident Kenan Evren Buckingham Palace
608–11 November 1988Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal President Abdou Diouf
First Lady Elizabeth Diouf
619–12 May 1989Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria President Ibrahim Babangida [3] [14]
First Lady Maryam Babangida
6218–21 July 1989Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates MonarchySheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
1990s
633–6 April 1990Flag of India.svg India RepublicPresident R. Venkataraman [3]
First Lady Janaki Venkataraman
Buckingham Palace
6423–26 October 1990Flag of Italy.svg Italy President Francesco Cossiga
6523–26 April 1991Flag of Poland.svg Poland President Lech Wałęsa [15] [16]
First Lady Danuta Wałęsa
Windsor Castle
6623–26 July 1991Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt President Hosni Mubarak [17] [18]
First Lady Suzanne Mubarak
Buckingham Palace
673–6 November 1992Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei MonarchySultan Hassanal Bolkiah [3]
Queen Saleha
6827–30 April 1993Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal RepublicPresident Mário Soares [19] [20]
First Lady Maria Barroso
699–12 November 1993Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia MonarchyYang di-Pertuan Agong Azlan Shah of Perak [3]
Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Bainun
7017–20 May 1994Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe RepublicPresident Robert Mugabe [3]
715–8 July 1994Flag of Norway.svg Norway MonarchyKing Harald V
Queen Sonja
Holyrood Palace
7223–26 May 1995Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Buckingham Palace
7317–20 October 1995Flag of Finland.svg Finland RepublicPresident Martti Ahtisaari
First Lady Eeva Ahtisaari
7414–17 May 1996Flag of France.svg France President Jacques Chirac
Mme Bernadette Chirac
759–12 July 1996Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa President Nelson Mandela [3]
7625–28 February 1997Flag of Israel.svg Israel President Ezer Weizman
Mme Reuma Weizman
772–5 December 1997Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil President Fernando Henrique Cardoso
First Lady Ruth Cardoso
7826–29 May 1998Flag of Japan.svg Japan MonarchyEmperor Akihito [21] [22]
Empress Michiko
791–4 December 1998Flag of Germany.svg Germany RepublicPresident Roman Herzog
Mme Christiane Herzog
Windsor Castle
8022–25 June 1999Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Hungary President Árpád Göncz [23]
First Lady Zsuzsanna Göncz
8119–22 October 1999Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China President and CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin [24] [25]
Mme Wang Yeping
Buckingham Palace
2000s
8216–18 February 2000Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark MonarchyQueen Margrethe II [g]
Prince Henrik
Windsor Castle
8312–15 June 2001Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa RepublicPresident Thabo Mbeki [3]
First Lady Zanele Dlamini Mbeki
846–9 November 2001Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan MonarchyKing Abdullah II
Queen Rania
8524–27 June 2003Flag of Russia.svg Russia RepublicPresident Vladimir Putin [26] [27]
First Lady Lyudmila Putina
Buckingham Palace
8618–21 November 2003Flag of the United States.svg United States President George W. Bush
First Lady Laura Bush
875–7 May 2004Flag of Poland.svg Poland President Aleksander Kwaśniewski
First Lady Jolanta Kwaśniewska
881–3 December 2004Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea President Roh Moo-hyun [28] [29]
First Lady Kwon Yang-sook
8915–18 March 2005Flag of Italy.svg Italy President Carlo Ciampi [30] [31]
Mme Franca Ciampi
908–10 November 2005Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China President and CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao
Mme Liu Yongqing
917–9 March 2006Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
First Lady Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
9213–15 March 2007Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana President John Kufuor [32] [3]
First Lady Theresa Kufuor
9330 October – 1 November 2007Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia MonarchyKing Abdullah
9426–27 March 2008Flag of France.svg France RepublicPresident Nicolas Sarkozy [33] [34]
Mme Carla Bruni
Windsor Castle
9530 March – 2 April 2009Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico President Felipe Calderón
First Lady Margarita Zavala
Buckingham Palace
9627–29 October 2009Flag of India.svg India President Pratibha Patil [3]
First Gentleman Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat
Windsor Castle
2010s
973–5 March 2010Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa RepublicPresident Jacob Zuma [3] [35] [36]
First Lady Thobeka Mabhija Zuma
Buckingham Palace
98 16–19 September 2010Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg Holy See Monarchy Pope Benedict XVI [37] [2] [h] [i]
9926–28 October 2010Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Sheikha Moza bint Nasser
Windsor Castle
10024–26 May 2011Flag of the United States.svg United States RepublicPresident Barack Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama
Buckingham Palace
10122–24 November 2011Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey President Abdullah Gül
First Lady Hayrünnisa Gül
10231 October – 2 November 2012Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
First Lady Kristiani Herrawati
10327–29 November 2012Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait MonarchyEmir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah [38] [39] Windsor Castle
10430 April – 1 May 2013Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan [40] [41] Windsor Castle [j]
1055–7 November 2013Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea RepublicPresident Park Geun-hye [42] [43] Buckingham Palace
106 8–11 April 2014Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland President Michael D. Higgins [44] [45]
Mrs Sabina Higgins
Windsor Castle
10721–24 October 2014Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore President Tony Tan [3] [46] [47]
First Lady Mary Tan
Buckingham Palace
1083–5 March 2015Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto [48] [49]
First Lady Angélica Rivera
109 20–23 October 2015Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China President and CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping [50] [51]
Mme Peng Liyuan
1101–3 November 2016Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia RepublicPresident Juan Manuel Santos [52] [53]
First Lady María Clemencia Rodríguez
11112–14 July 2017Flag of Spain.svg Spain MonarchyKing Felipe VI [54] [55]
Queen Letizia
11223–24 October 2018Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands King Willem-Alexander [56] [57]
Queen Máxima
113 3–5 June 2019Flag of the United States.svg United States RepublicPresident Donald Trump [58]
First Lady Melania Trump

Countries that made state visits

CountriesState visitsNotes
Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg Afghanistan 1Monarchy abolished in 1973.
Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 1
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 1
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 3
Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei 1
Flag of Chile.svg Chile 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 1
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 2
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 1
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia 1Monarchy abolished in 1975.
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2
Flag of France.svg France 5
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 43 visits for West Germany and 1 for the reunited Germany.
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 1
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1Monarchy abolished in 1973.
Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg Holy See 1
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Hungary 1
Flag of India.svg India 3
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 2
State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Iran 1Monarchy abolished in 1979.
Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Iraq 1Monarchy abolished in 1958.
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 1
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 1
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 4
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 2
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 1
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 2
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 1
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 1
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 1
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 2
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 4
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1
Flag of Nepal (1775-1962).svg   Nepal 2Monarchy abolished in 2008.
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 3
Flag of Oman.svg Oman 1
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 1
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 2
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 3
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 2
Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 4
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 1
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 1
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 2
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 1
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 1
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 3
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 2
Flag of the United States.svg United States 3
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire 1Now called Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 1
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 1

See also

Notes

  1. According to the palace, any visit that did not include a state banquet given by the Queen was not considered a state visit (e.g. the visits to the United Kingdom of John F. Kennedy in June 1961, Carlos Andrés Pérez in November 1976, Carlos Menem in October 1998, Hugo Chávez in October 2001 and Abdelaziz Bouteflika in July 2006), except for the Papal visit in September 2010 which was specifically designated a state visit by the British government despite the missing of a state banquet. [2] On his short visit in June 1982, Ronald Reagan was given a state banquet by The Queen at Windsor Castle, but this was still not considered a state visit due to the missing of other protocol such as the formal welcome in the City.
  2. This was the first use of Holyrood Palace by the British monarch for state visits in modern times.
  3. This was the first use of Windsor Castle for state visits since 1909.
  4. He made an official visit to Britain as Crown Prince in May 1921 which was received by King George V.
  5. Her second state visit to the United Kingdom. The first was received by King George VI in November 1950.
  6. His second state visit to the United Kingdom during the Queen's reign.
  7. Her second state visit to the United Kingdom during the Queen's reign.
  8. The first state visit of a pope to the United Kingdom. The Pope performs diplomatic functions not in the name of Vatican City, but that of the Holy see.
  9. Although no state banquet was held, this visit was specifically designated a state visit by the British government. The Queen hosted the Pope at Holyrood Palace.
  10. A state luncheon was held instead of a state dinner.

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