The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh included the island of Barbuda in their Caribbean tour of 1966, during which they visited the capital city of St John’s where they attended an Investiture at Government House and Divine Service at St John’s Cathedral at which His Royal Highness read the lesson.

They visited again during the Silver Jubilee tour of October 1977, staying onboard HMY Britannia. The Queen opened the New Administration Building and attended a lunch held by the Governor at Clarence House.

In 1985 The Queen met patients and staff in the new Children’s Ward of the Holberton Hospital following a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in the Bahamas.