The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will visit Malta and continue to Uganda for a State Visit followed by the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). 

This visit will include the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on 23 November 2007, and other events linked to CHOGM.

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will also be making an official visit to Uganda during and after CHOGM.

Event highlights
20 November 2007
Evening: Arrival at Malta Airport; walkabout at Upper Barrakka Gardens; arrival at San Anton Palace.                     

21 November 2007      
Morning: Depart Malta Airport.                                       
Evening: Arrival at Entebbe Airport, Uganda; arrival Ceremony, State House, Entebbe; Media Reception, Serena Hotel.

22 November 2007
Morning: Visit to Mildmay Centre and Kiddukiro Hospital; visit to Parliament Building, Kampala, where The Queen gives a speech to MPs.
Afternoon: Drinks reception and High Commissioners' lunch at Serena Hotel.
Evening: Arrival at State House, Entebbe, for a State Banquet at which The Queen gives a speech.

23 November 2007
Morning: The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh arrive at CHOGM Conference Centre for the opening ceremony; The Queen gives a speech; official photograph is taken.
Afternoon: The Queen departs CHOGM Conference Centre for drinks and lunch with new Heads of Government. The Duke of Edinburgh undertakes a separate programme at Queen's Pavilion, The Equator and Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Evening: CHOGM Heads of Government Dinner, including a brief speech.

24 November 2007
Morning: The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visit Kitante Primary School before travelling to Entebbe Airport for the departure ceremony.

Media Arrangements
For further information contact the Buckingham Palace Press Office.

Commonwealth Head of Government Meetings
A meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government is normally held once every two years. Since 1997, The Queen attends the opening ceremony, but not the sessions; HM is normally present in the host country at the time of the conference.  The Queen has a private meeting with Commonwealth countries' leaders whom she has not yet met during their term of office, hosts a dinner for the heads of the CHOGM delegations, and also attends a reception during the conference period.

The records show that in the early part of the reign, meetings always took place in London, with other Commonwealth countries being favoured increasingly from the 1970s.

In The Queen's reign to date, CHOGMs have been held as follows:

1. 1953 - London

2. 1955 - London

3. 1957 - London

4. 1960 - London

5. 1961 - London

6. 1962 - London

7. 1964 - London

8. 1965 - London

9. 1966 (Jan) - Nigeria
10. 1966 (Sept.) - London

11. 1969 - London

12. 1971 - Singapore

13. 1973 - Ottawa

14. 1975 - Jamaica

15. 1977 - London

16. 1979 - Zambia

17. 1981 - Australia

18. 1983 - India

19. 1985 - Bahamas

20. 1987 - Canada

21. 1989 - Malaysia

22. 1991 - Zimbabwe

23. 1993 - Cyprus

24. 1995 - New Zealand

25. 1997 - Edinburgh

26. 1999 - South Africa

27. 2002 - Australia (this took place in 2002, as 2001 conference was postponed)

28. 2003 -  Nigeria

29. 2005 - Malta

30. 2007 - Uganda         

Further information
British High Commission, Malta (opens in new window)

British High Commission, Uganda (opens in new window)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (opens in new window)

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2007 (opens in new window)

The Commonwealth Secretariat (opens in new window)