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Presentation of a book of the Six Decades of H.M.The Queen's Commonwealth and State Visits, 18 December 2012. Queen Elizabeth II became Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952 and remained Head of the Commonwealth until her death on 8 September 2022.
The Queen's Commonwealth and State Visits, 18 December 2012. Queen Elizabeth II undertook a number of state and official visits over her 70-year reign (1952 to 2022), [1] as well as trips throughout the Commonwealth, making her the most widely travelled head of state in history. She did not require a British passport for travelling overseas, as ...
In his capacity as President of the Queen's Commonwealth Trust, he carried out engagements related to socio-economic and environmental challenges. [67] The tour included a walk by Harry in a former minefield in Angola where his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, had walked and raised awareness about before her death. [68]
The queen meets a Chinese dragon dancer in Hong Kong during the Royal Tour of 1975. (Hulton Archive ... After the death of Queen Elizabeth, the Commonwealth gained a new leader, in her son and ...
The 2002 royal tour of Canada by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, and her consort Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, took place from 4 to 15 October 2002.The Queen and the Duke toured the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and the territory of Nunavut in celebration of her Golden Jubilee as Canada's Queen.
Queen Elizabeth II reads a speech in Sydney, 1954. Since 1867, the British royal family has visited Australia over fifty times, with only six visits before 1954. Elizabeth II was the first 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.
While the king’s schedule has been kept light in recent weeks ahead of what is set to be a strenuous tour, he did step out on October 3 for a royal reception to celebrate the Commonwealth ...
On Sept. 10, Buckingham Palace released new details about the King and Queen's trip in October. The tour is especially significant, as it marks the sovereign's first tour to Commonwealth countries ...