List of state visits made by Elizabeth II

For tours of Commonwealth countries, see List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II.

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 all British passports were issued in her name.^[2]

Overseas trips made by Elizabeth II

  United Kingdom

  10 visits or more

  9 visits

  8 visits

  7 visits

  6 visits

  5 visits

  4 visits

  3 visits

  2 visits

  1 visit

Elizabeth II was the sovereign of more than one independent state and represented both Canada and the United Kingdom on state visits, though the former on just two occasions. The relevant governor-general usually carried out state visits on the Queen's behalf.

As Queen of Canada

Date	Country	Cities visited	Host
17–20 October 1957	United States^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]	Jamestown, Washington, D.C., New York City	President Eisenhower
27 June and 6 July 1959	United States^[5]^[7]	Massena,^[8] Chicago	Vice President Nixon, Governor Stratton

As Queen of the United Kingdom

Date	Country	Cities visited	Host
29 November 1953	Panama Canal Zone (part of a wider tour, not a state visit)	Colón	Governor John S. Seybold^[9]
29–30 November 1953	Panama	Panama City	President Remón^[10]
1 May 1954	Kingdom of Libya	Tobruk	King Idris^[11]
24–26 June 1955	Norway	Oslo	King Haakon VII
8–10 June 1956	Sweden	Stockholm	King Gustaf VI Adolf^[12]
18–21 February 1957	Portugal	Montijo, Setúbal, Lisbon, Queluz,^[13] Caldas da Rainha, Nazaré, Alcobaça, Batalha, Vila Franca de Xira^[14]	President Lopes
8–11 April 1957	France	Paris, Lille^[15]	President Coty
21–23 May 1957	Denmark	Copenhagen	King Frederick IX
17–20 October 1957	United States^[16]^[17]^[18]	New York City, Washington, D.C., Williamsburg, Virginia	President Eisenhower
25–27 March 1958	Netherlands	Amsterdam, Delft, Rotterdam, The Hague^[19]^[20]^[21]	Queen Juliana
26 February – 2 March 1961	Kingdom of Nepal	Kathmandu, Pokhara	King Mahendra
2–6 March 1961	Pahlavi Iran	Tehran, Isfahan, Persepolis^[22]	Shah Mohammad Reza
2–5 May 1961	Italy	Rome, Naples, Venice, Florence, Milan, Cagliari, Turin^[23]^[24]	President Gronchi
5 May 1961	Vatican City		Pope John XXIII
23 November 1961	Liberia	Monrovia	President Tubman
1–8 February 1965	Ethiopian Empire	Addis Ababa, Asmara, Gondar^[25]	Emperor Haile Selassie
8–12 February 1965	Sudan	Khartoum, Al-Ubayyid^[26]	President Mahi
18–28 May 1965	West Germany	Bonn, Königswinter, Koblenz, Kaub, Wiesbaden, Munich, Stuttgart, Marbach, Schwäbisch Hall, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Soest, Gütersloh, Hanover, Hamburg^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]	President Lübke
27 May 1965	West Berlin	West Berlin^[33]	Mayor Brandt
9–13 May 1966	Belgium	Brussels, Antwerp^[34]	King Baudouin
5–11 November 1968	Brazil	Recife, Salvador, Brasília, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro^[35]	President Costa e Silva
11–18 November 1968	Chile	Santiago, Valparaíso, Pucón^[36]	President Frei
5–10 May 1969	Austria	Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck	President Jonas
18–25 October 1971	Turkey	Ankara, Izmir, Istanbul, Kuşadası, Ephesus, Gallipoli^[37]	President Sunay
10–15 February 1972	Thailand	Bangkok	King Bhumibol Adulyadej
13–14 March 1972	Maldives	Malé, Gan	President Nasir
15–19 May 1972	France	Paris	President Pompidou
17–21 October 1972	Yugoslavia	Belgrade, Dubrovnik, Zagreb^[38]^[39]^[40]	President Tito
15–22 March 1974	Indonesia	Bali, Jakarta, Magelang, Yogyakarta^[41]^[42]	President Suharto
24 February – 1 March 1975	Mexico	Mexico City, Cozumel, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Mérida, Tizimín, Veracruz^[43]	President Echeverría
7–12 May 1975	Japan	Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Ise^[44]^[45]^[46]	Emperor Hirohito
25–28 May 1976	Finland	Helsinki, Turku, Jyväskylä	President Kekkonen
6–11 July 1976	United States	Philadelphia, Washington, New York City, New Haven, Charlottesville, Providence, Boston^[47]^[48]	President Ford
8–12 November 1976	Luxembourg		Grand Duke Jean
9 February 1977	American Samoa (part of a wider tour; not a state visit)	Pago Pago^[49]	Governor Frank E. Barnett
22–26 May 1978	West Germany	Bonn, Mainz, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Kiel^[50]^[51]	President Scheel
26 May 1978	West Berlin	West Berlin^[50]^[51]^[52]	Mayor Stobbe
12–14 February 1979	Kuwait	Kuwait City	Emir Jaber III
14–17 February 1979	Bahrain		Emir Isa
17–20 February 1979	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh, Dhahran^[53]	King Khalid
21–24 February 1979	Qatar		Emir Khalifa
24–27 February 1979	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi, Dubai^[53]	Sheikh Zayed
28 February – 2 March 1979	Oman	Muscat,^[54] Nizwa^[55]	Sultan Qaboos
16 May 1979	Denmark	Copenhagen, Aalborg^[56]	Queen Margrethe II
29 April – 2 May 1980	Switzerland	Berne, Basel, Lausanne, Lucerne, Rütli, Montreux, Veytaux (Chillon Castle), Zurich, Geneva (ICRC)^[57] · ^[58]^[59]	President Chevallaz
14–17 October 1980	Italy	Rome, Genoa, Naples, Pompeii, Palermo^[60]	President Pertini
17 October 1980	Vatican City		Pope John Paul II
21–23 October 1980	Tunisia	Tunis, Borj El Amri^[61]	President Bourguiba
25–27 October 1980	Algeria	Algiers	President Bendjedid
27–30 October 1980	Morocco	Rabat, Marrakech, Casablanca^[62]	King Hassan II
5–8 May 1981	Norway	Oslo	King Olav V
17–22 February 1983	Mexico^[63]	Acapulco, Lázaro Cárdenas, Puerto Vallarta, La Paz^[64]	President de la Madrid
26 February – 6 March 1983	United States	San Diego, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Sierra Madre, Duarte, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Sacramento, Stanford, Palo Alto, Yosemite, Seattle^[65]	President Reagan
25–28 May 1983	Sweden	Stockholm, Gothenburg^[66]	King Carl XVI Gustaf
26–30 March 1984	Jordan	Amman, Petra, Aqaba^[67]	King Hussein
25–29 March 1985	Portugal	Lisbon, Évora, Porto^[68]	President Eanes
17–21 February 1986	Nepal	Kathmandu	King Birendra
12–18 October 1986	People's Republic of China	Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Kunming, Guangzhou^[69]	President Li
26–27 May 1987	West Germany		President von Weizsäcker^[70]
17–21 October 1988	Spain	Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, Majorca^[71]	King Juan Carlos I
25–27 June 1990	Iceland	Reykjavík	President Vigdís
23 November 1990	Germany	Bonn, Weeze	President von Weizsäcker^[72]
14–26 May 1991	United States	Washington, Arlington, Baltimore, Tampa, Miami, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston^[73]	President George H. W. Bush
9–12 June 1992	France	Paris, Blois, Bordeaux^[74]	President Mitterrand
19–23 October 1992	Germany	Bonn, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden^[75]	President von Weizsäcker
4–7 May 1993	Hungary	Budapest, Kecskemét, Bugac^[76]	President Göncz
7 August 1993	Belgium	Brussels (for King Baudouin's funeral)	Albert, the Prince of Liège^[77]
6 May 1994	France	Calais	President Mitterrand^[78]
17–20 October 1994	Russia	Moscow, St. Petersburg^[79]	President Yeltsin
21 October 1994	Finland (official visit; not state visit)	Helsinki^[80]	President Ahtisaari
25–27 March 1996	Poland	Warsaw, Kraków	President Kwaśniewski
27–29 March 1996	Czech Republic	Prague, Brno^[81]	President Havel
28 October – 1 November 1996	Thailand	Bangkok, Ayutthaya^[82]	King Bhumibol Adulyadej
11 November 1998	Belgium	Ypres^[83]	King Albert II^[84]
19–22 April 1999	South Korea	Seoul, Andong^[85]	President Kim Dae-jung
16–19 October 2000	Italy	Rome, Milan^[86]	President Ciampi
17 October 2000	Vatican City		Pope John Paul II
30 May – 1 June 2001	Norway	Oslo	King Harald V
5–7 April 2004	France	Paris, Toulouse^[87]	President Chirac
2–4 November 2004	Germany	Berlin, Potsdam,^[88] Düsseldorf^[89]	President Köhler
16–17 October 2006	Lithuania	Vilnius^[90]	President Adamkus
18–19 October 2006	Latvia	Riga^[90]	President Vike-Freiberga
19–20 October 2006	Estonia	Tallinn^[90]	President Ilves
5 February 2007	Netherlands	The Hague, Amsterdam^[91]	Queen Beatrix
3–8 May 2007	United States	Washington, Richmond, Jamestown, Williamsburg, Lexington, Louisville, Greenbelt^[92]	President George W. Bush
11–12 July 2007	Belgium	Brussels, Ypres, Laeken,^[93] Wavre^[94]	King Albert II
13–16 May 2008	Turkey	Ankara, Istanbul, Bursa^[37]	President Gül
21–22 October 2008	Slovenia	Ljubljana, Kranj^[95]	President Türk
23–24 October 2008	Slovakia	Bratislava, Starý Smokovec, Hrebienok, Poprad^[96]	President Gašparovič
24–25 November 2010	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Sheikh Khalifa
25–28 November 2010	Oman	Muscat	Sultan Qaboos
17–20 May 2011	Ireland	Dublin, Kildare, Cashel, Cork^[97]	President McAleese
3 April 2014	Italy	Rome	President Napolitano
3 April 2014	Vatican City		Pope Francis
5–7 June 2014	France		President Hollande^[1]
23–26 June 2015	Germany^[98]	Berlin, Frankfurt, Celle^[99]	President Gauck

See also

• List of state visits received by Elizabeth II
• List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II
• List of official overseas trips made by Charles III
• List of official overseas trips made by the Prince and Princess of Wales
• List of official overseas trips made by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
• List of state and official visits by Canada

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