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Commonwealth visits since 1952
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The following is a list of visits undertaken by The Queen and Prince Philip to Commonwealth countries since 1952:


6 February 1952Kenya (visiting Sagana Lodge, Kiganjo, where The Queen learned of her Accession)
24 November 1953Canada (refuelling in Newfoundland)
24-25 November 1953Bermuda
25-27 November 1953Jamaica
17-19 December 1953Fiji
19-20 December 1953Tonga
23 December 1953 - 30 January 1954New Zealand
3 February - 1 April 1954Australia (New South Wales, ACT, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia)
5 April 1954Cocos Islands
10-21 April 1954Ceylon
27 April 1954Aden
28-30 April 1954Uganda
3-7 May 1954Malta
10 May 1954Gibraltar
28 January - 16 February 1956Nigeria
12-16 October 1957Canada (Ontario)
18 June - 1 August 1959Canada (opening of St. Lawrence Seaway, Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia)
20 January 1961Cyprus (refuelling)
21 January - 1 February 1961India
1-16 February 1961Pakistan
16-26 February 1961India
1-2 March 1961India
9-20 November 1961Ghana
25 November - 1 December 1961Sierra Leone
3-5 December 1961Gambia
30 January - 1 February 1963Canada (refuelling in Edmonton and overnight stop in Vancouver)
2-3 February 1963Fiji
6-18 February 1963New Zealand
18 February - 27 March 1963Australia (ACT, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, NSW, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia)
28 March 1963Fiji (refuelling)
29 March 1963Canada (refuelling in Vancouver)
5-13 October 1964Canada (Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ottawa)
1 February 1966Canada (refuelling in Newfoundland)
1 February 1966Barbados
2 February 1966Mustique (private)
4-5 February 1966British Guiana
7-9 February 1966Trinidad
10 February 1966Tobago
11 February 1966Grenada
13 February 1966St. Vincent
14-15 February 1966Barbados
16 February 1966St. Lucia
17 February 1966Antigua (private visit)
18 February 1966Dominica
19 February 1966Montserrat
20 February 1966Antigua
21 February 1966Antigua (private visit)
22 February 1966St. Kitts
22 February 1966Nevis
23 February 1966British Virgin Islands (Tortola, Beef Island, Virgin Gorda)
25 February 1966Turks and Caicos Islands (Grand Turk, South Caicos)
26 February 1966Conception Island (private visit)
27-28 February 1966The Bahamas (Nassau)
1 March 1966Conception Island (private visit)
3-6 March 1966Jamaica
29 June - 5 July 1967Canada (Centennial celebrations and EXPO at Montreal)
14-17 November 1967Malta
2-3 March 1970Canada (Ottawa for refuelling and Vancouver for overnight stop)
4-5 March 1970Fiji
7 March 1970Tonga
12-30 March 1970New Zealand
30 March - 3 May 1970Australia (NSW, Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland)
3 May 1970Fiji (refuelling)
3-4 May 1970Canada (Vancouver and Gander for refuelling)
5-15 July 1970Canada (Northwest Territories and Manitoba)
3-12 May 1971Canada (British Columbia)
18-20 February 1972Singapore
22-26, 28 February 1972Malaysia
29 February 1972Brunei
2 March 1972Malaysia
5 March 1972Singapore
6, 8 March 1972Malaysia
19-20 March 1972Seychelles
24-26 March 1972Mauritius
26 March 1972Kenya (Nairobi)
25 June - 5 July 1973Canada (Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Regina, Calgary)
31 July - 4 August 1973Canada (Ottawa - Commonwealth Conference)
15 October 1973Canada (Vancouver for refuelling)
16-17 October 1973Fiji
17-22 October 1973Australia (ACT and Sydney for the opening of the opera house)
23 October 1973Singapore (refuelling)
27 January 1974Canada (Ottawa and Vancouver for refuelling)
28-29 January 1974Cook Islands (opening of Rarotonga International Airport)
30 January - 8 February 1974New Zealand (visit to Commonwealth Games)
11 February 1974Norfolk Island
15-16 February 1974New Hebrides
18-21 February 1974British Solomon Islands (San Cristobal Honiara, Gizo)
22-27 February 1974Papua New Guinea
27-28 February 1974Australia (ACT; The Queen returned to London on 28 Feburary for a General Election in the UK, cutting short the tour, which The Duke of Edinburgh completed)
28 February 1974Singapore (refuelling)
14 March 1974Singapore (refuelling)
22 March 1974Singapore (refuelling)
16-18 February 1975Bermuda
18-20 February 1975Barbados
20-21 February 1975Bahamas
1 March 1975Bermuda (refuelling)
26-30 April 1975Jamaica (Commonwealth Conference)
4-7 May 1975Hong Kong
13-25 July 1976Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Montreal for Olympic Games)
10-11 February 1977Western Samoa (Apia, Tiafau)
14 February 1977Tonga
16-17 February 1977Fiji
22 February - 7 March 1977New Zealand
7-23 March 1977Australia (ACT, NSW, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia)
23-26 March 1977Papua New Guinea
26-30 March 1977Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia)
14-19 October 1977Canada (Ontario)
19-20 October 1977Bahamas
22 October 1977West Plana Cay (private)
23 October 1977Little Inagua Island (private)
26 October 1977British Virgin Islands (Tortola, Virgin Gorda)
27 October 1977Antigua (private)
28 October 1977Antigua
30 October 1977Mustique (private)
31 October - 2 November 1977Barbados
26 July - 6 August 1978Canada (Newfoundland, Saskatchewan, Alberta for Commonwealth Games, Edmonton, accompanied by Prince Andrew and Prince Edward)
19-22 July 1979Tanzania (Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro)
22-25 July 1979Malawi (Blantyre, Lilongwe, Zomba Plateau)
25-27 July 1979Botswana (Gaborone)
27 July - 4 August 1979Zambia (Lusaka for Commonwealth Conference, Kitwe, Ndola)
24 May 1980Singapore (refuelling)
24-28 May 1980Australia (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne)
29 May 1980Singapore (refuelling)
26 September 1981Singapore (refuelling)
26 September - 12 October 1981Australia (CHOGM in Melbourne, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia)
12-20 October 1981New Zealand
20-21 October 1981Australia (overnight stop in Perth)
21-25 October 1981Sri Lanka (Colombo, Anuradhapura, Kandy, Victoria Dam)
15-18 April 1982Canada (Ottawa, Patriation)
5 October 1982Singapore (refuelling)
5-13 October 1982Australia (NWT, Queensland for Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, ACT, NSW)
13-14 October 1982Papua New Guinea
18 October 1982Solomon Islands
21 October 1982Nauru
23 October 1982Kiribati
26-27 October 1982Tuvalu
30 October - 1 November 1982Fiji
13 February 1983Bermuda (refuelling)
13-16 February 1983Jamaica
16-17 February 1983Cayman Islands
8-11 March 1983Canada (British Columbia)
9-10 November 1983Cyprus (overnight stop)
10-14 November 1983Kenya (State visit - Nairobi, Sagana)
14-17 November 1983Bangladesh (State visit - Dhaka)
17-26 November 1983India (State visit - New Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune, CHOGM in New Delhi)
25-26 March 1984Cyprus (overnight stop)
24 September - 7 October 1984Canada (New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba)
9-11 October 1985Belize
11-18 October 1985Bahamas (CHOGM)
20 October 1985Little Inagua Island (private)
23 October 1985St. Kitts-Nevis
24 October 1985Antigua
25 October 1985Dominica
26 October 1985St. Lucia
27 October 1985St. Vincent and the Grenadines
28-29 October 1985Barbados
30 October 1985Mustique (private)
31 October 1985Grenada
1-3 November 1985Trinidad and Tobago
22 February - 2 March 1986New Zealand
2-13 March 1986Australia (ACT, NSW, Victoria, South Australia)
21-23 October 1986Hong Kong
9-24 October 1987Canada (CHOGM, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Quebec)
19 April - 10 May 1988Australia (Western Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, NSW and ACT)
8-11 March 1989Barbados (350th anniversary of Barbados Parliament)
9-11 October 1989Singapore (State visit)
14-21 October 1989Malaysia (State visit 14-17, CHOGM 17-21)
31 January 1990Singapore (refuelling)
1 February 1990Australia (refuelling in Brisbane)
1-16 February 1990New Zealand (Commonwealth Games, Auckland, 150th anniversary of Treaty of Waitangi, Wellington, Christchurch)
17 February 1990Australia (refuelling in Brisbane)
17 February 1990Singapore (refuelling)
27 June - 1 July 1990Canada (Alberta, Ontario, Quebec)
7 October 1991Kenya (overnight stop)
8-10 October 1991Namibia (State visit)
10-19 October 1991Zimbabwe (State visit 10-15, CHOGM 15-19)
18-25 February 1992Australia (Sesqui-centenary of founding of city of Sydney, ACT and Southern Australia)
28-30 May 1992Malta (State visit)
30 June - 2 July 1992Canada (celebration of 125th anniversary of Confederation)
18-24 October 1993Cyprus (CHOGM)
18 February 1994Anguilla
19 February 1994Dominica
19-22 February 1994Guyana
22-24 February 1994Belize
26-27 February 1994Cayman Islands
1-3 March 1994Jamaica
6-8 March 1994Bahamas
8-10 March 1994Bermuda
13-22 August 1994Canada (Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Northwest Territories)
19-25 March 1995South Africa
30 October - 11 November 1995New Zealand (visit and CHOGM in Auckland)
23 June - 2 July 1997Canada (Newfoundland, Ontario, National Capital Region)
6-12 October 1997Pakistan
12-18 October 1997India
17-20 September 1998Brunei Darussalam
20-23 September 1998Malaysia (closing of Commonwealth Games)
7-9 November 1999Ghana
9-15 November 1999South Africa (including CHOGM in Durban)
15 November 1999Mozambique
17 March - 1 April 2000Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Northern Territory (Alice Springs), Western Australia
18-20 February 2002Jamaica (Kingston and Montego Bay)
22-27 February 2002New Zealand (Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland)
27 February - 3 March 2002Australia (South Australia and Queensland, including CHOGM in Maroochydore, Queensland)
4-15 October 2002Canada (Nunavut, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick and the National Capital Region)
3-6 December 2003Abuja, Nigeria (attending CHOGM meeting)
17-25 May 2005Canada (Saskatchewan and Alberta)
23-26 November 2005Malta (CHOGM)
11-16 March 2006Australia
16-18 March 2006Singapore
20 November 2007Malta
21-24 November 2007Uganda (CHOGM)

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