List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II
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{{Use British English|date=September 2012}}
[[File:Visits by Elizabeth II.svg|thumb|300px|Overseas trips made by Elizabeth II
{{legend|#000000|United Kingdom}}
{{legend|#00112B|10 visits or more}}
{{legend|#002255|9 visits}}
{{legend|#003380|8 visits}}
{{legend|#0044AA|7 visits}}
{{legend|#0055D4|6 visits}}
{{legend|#0066FF|5 visits}}
{{legend|#2A7FFF|4 visits}}
{{legend|#5599FF|3 visits}}
{{legend|#80B3FF|2 visits}}
{{legend|#AACCFF|1 visit}}]]
File:H.M. The Queen's Commonwealth and State Visits (8284359800).jpg
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. During that time, she toured the Commonwealth of Nations widely. She visited all member states except for Cameroon, and the three most recently joined member states, Rwanda, Togo and Gabon.{{Cite web | url=https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/943920/queen-elizabeth-commonwealth-countries-travel |title = Queen Elizabeth has never visited THESE Commonwealth countries on a state visit|date = 10 April 2018 |quote = The Queen has yet to visit Cameroon and Rwanda}}{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17936021 |title = Why hasn't the Queen visited Greece?|publisher = BBC News|date = 4 May 2012|last1 = Hebblethwaite|first1 = Cordelia | quote = The Queen has made it to every single nation in the Commonwealth, except two of the more recent entrants, Rwanda and Cameroon.}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.royal.uk/royal-familys-visits-around-commonwealth-0 | title=The Royal Family's visits around the Commonwealth| date=17 April 2018 | website = Official website of the British royal family | quote = The Queen has visited every country in the Commonwealth (with the exception of Cameroon, which joined in 1995 and Rwanda which joined in 2009)}} Her first foreign tour was before her accession when she accompanied her parents to the countries of Southern Africa in 1947.
Tours of the British Islands are excluded from the list below.
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1950s
File:Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in Bermuda Nov 24, 1953.jpg
1960s
File:Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh 1963.jpg
1970s
File:Queen Elizabeth II visiting Townsville, 1970.jpg
File:Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and HRH Princess Anne, 1970.jpg
File:Brian Elwood and the Queen 1977.jpg
File:Royal motorcade (8075978363).jpg in Edmonton, Alberta]]
| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
! class="unsortable" | Date !! Country !! class="unsortable" | Host |
| nowrap | 2–3 March 1970
| {{flag|Canada}} |
| nowrap | 4–5 March 1970
| {{flag|Fiji|colonial}} |
| nowrap | 7 March 1970
| {{flag|Tonga}} |
| nowrap | 12–30 March 1970
| {{flag|New Zealand}} |
| nowrap | 30 March – 3 May 1970
| {{flag|Australia}} |
| nowrap | 3–4 May 1970
| {{flag|Canada}} (refueling) |
| nowrap | 5–15 July 1970
| {{flag|Canada}} |
| nowrap | 3–12 May 1971
| {{flag|Canada}} |
| nowrap | 18–20 February 1972
| {{flag|Singapore}} |
| nowrap | 22–26, 28 February 1972
| {{flag|Malaysia}} |
| nowrap | 29 February 1972
| {{flag|Brunei}} |
| nowrap | 2 March 1972
| {{flag|Malaysia}} |
| nowrap | 5 March 1972
| {{flag|Singapore}} |
| nowrap | 6, 8 March 1972
| {{flag|Malaysia}} |
| nowrap | 19–20 March 1972
| {{flag|Seychelles|1961}} |
| nowrap | 24–26 March 1972
| {{flag|Mauritius}} |
| nowrap | 26 March 1972
| {{flag|Kenya}} |
| nowrap | 25 June – 5 July 1973
| {{flag|Canada}} |
| nowrap | 31 July – 4 August 1973
| {{flag|Canada}} (for 2nd CHOGM) |
| nowrap | 15 October 1973
| {{flag|Canada}} (refueling) |
| nowrap | 16–17 October 1973
| {{flag|Fiji}} |
| nowrap | 17–22 October 1973
| {{flag|Australia}} |
| nowrap | 27 January 1974
| {{flag|Canada}} (refueling) |
| nowrap | 28–29 January 1974
| {{flag|Cook Islands|1973}} |
| nowrap | 30 January – 8 February 1974
| {{flag|New Zealand}} (for 1974 British Commonwealth Games) |
| nowrap | 11 February 1974
| {{flagicon|Australia}} Norfolk Island |
| nowrap | 15–16 February 1974
| {{flag|New Hebrides|1966}} |
| nowrap | 18–21 February 1974
| {{flag|Solomon Islands|1956}} |
| nowrap | 22–27 February 1974
| {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} |
| nowrap | 27–28 February 1974
| {{flag|Australia}} |
| nowrap | 16–18 February 1975
| {{flag|Bermuda}} |
| nowrap | 18–20 February 1975
| {{flag|Barbados}} |
| nowrap | 20–21 February 1975
| {{flag|Bahamas}} |
| nowrap | 1 March 1975
| {{flag|Bermuda|1910}} (refueling) |
| nowrap | 26–30 April 1975
| {{flag|Jamaica}} (for 3rd CHOGM) |
| nowrap | 4–7 May 1975
| {{flagcountry|British Hong Kong}} |
| nowrap | 13–25 July 1976
| {{flag|Canada}} (for 1976 Summer Olympics) |
| nowrap | 10–11 February 1977
| {{flag|Western Samoa}} |
| nowrap | 14 February 1977
| {{flag|Tonga}} |
| nowrap | 16–17 February 1977
| {{flag|Fiji}} |
| nowrap | 22 February – 7 March 1977
| {{flag|New Zealand}} |
| nowrap | 7–23 March 1977
| {{flag|Australia}} |
| nowrap | 23–26 March 1977
| {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} |
| nowrap | 26–30 March 1977
| {{flag|Australia}} |
| nowrap | 14–19 October 1977
| {{flag|Canada}} |
| nowrap | 19–20 October 1977
| {{flag|Bahamas}} |
| nowrap | 26 October 1977
| {{flag|British Virgin Islands}} |
| nowrap | 28 October 1977
| {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} |
| nowrap | 31 October – 2 November 1977
| {{flag|Barbados}} |
| nowrap | 26 July – 6 August 1978
| {{flag|Canada}} |
| nowrap | 19–22 July 1979
| {{flag|Tanzania}} |
| nowrap | 22–25 July 1979
| {{flag|Malawi|1964}} |
| nowrap | 25–27 July 1979
| {{flag|Botswana}} |
| nowrap | 27 July – 4 August 1979
| {{flag|Zambia}} (for 5th CHOGM) |
1980s
File:Royal Charity Concert 1980.jpg
File:New Zealand Cabinet, 1981.jpg
File:Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Queen Street Mall, Brisbane City, c 1982.jpg
File:Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II opening Expo 88, Brisbane, 30 April 1988.jpg at Brisbane, 30 April 1988]]
1990s
File:Queen Elizabeth and Vicki Buck in Victoria Square Christchurch.jpg, during a walkabout in Victoria Square, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1990]]
File:The Queen in Ottawa 1992.jpg and the 125th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation]]
| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
! class="unsortable" | Date !! Country !! class="unsortable" | Host |
| nowrap | 1–16 February 1990
| {{flag|New Zealand}} |
| nowrap | 27 June – 1 July 1990
| {{flag|Canada}} |
| nowrap | 7 October 1991
| {{flag|Kenya}} (overnight stop) |
| nowrap | 8–10 October 1991
| {{flag|Namibia}} |
| nowrap | 10–15 October 1991
| {{flag|Zimbabwe}} (for 12th CHOGM) |
| nowrap | 18–25 February 1992
| {{flag|Australia}} |
| nowrap | 28–30 May 1992
| {{flag|Malta}} |
| nowrap | 30 June – 2 July 1992
| {{flag|Canada}} |
| nowrap | 18–24 October 1993
| {{flag|Cyprus|1960}} (for 13th CHOGM) |
| nowrap | 23 October 1993{{cite web | url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/630590/the-royal-luncheon-officers-mess-royal-air-force-akrotiri-23-october-1993 | title=Bolton, Carole (Fl.1994) - the Royal Luncheon, Officers Mess, Royal Air Force, Akrotiri, 23 October 1993 }}
| {{flag|Akrotiri and Dhekelia}} |
| nowrap | 18 February 1994
| {{flag|Anguilla}} |
| nowrap | 19 February 1994
| {{flag|Dominica}} |
| nowrap | 19–22 February 1994
| {{flag|Guyana}} |
| nowrap | 22–24 February 1994
| {{flag|Belize}} |
| nowrap | 26–27 February 1994
| {{flag|Cayman Islands}} |
| nowrap | 1–3 March 1994
| {{flag|Jamaica}} |
| nowrap | 6–8 March 1994
| {{flag|Bahamas}} |
| nowrap | 8–10 March 1994
| {{flag|Bermuda}} |
| nowrap | 13–22 August 1994
| {{flag|Canada}} |
| nowrap | 19–25 March 1995
| {{flag|South Africa}} |
| nowrap | 30 October – 11 November 1995
| {{flag|New Zealand}} (for 14th CHOGM) |
| nowrap | 23 June – 2 July 1997
| {{flag|Canada}} |
| nowrap | 6–12 October 1997
| {{flag|Pakistan}} |
| nowrap | 12–18 October 1997
| {{flag|India}} |
| nowrap | 17–20 September 1998
| {{flag|Brunei}} |
| nowrap | 20–23 September 1998
| {{flag|Malaysia}} |
| nowrap | 7–9 November 1999
| {{flag|Ghana}} |
| nowrap | 9–15 November 1999
| {{flag|South Africa}} (for 16th CHOGM) |
| nowrap | 15 November 1999
| {{flag|Mozambique}} |
2000s
File:Sambawa 11.jpg in Nigeria, 2003]]
| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
! class="unsortable" | Date !! Country !! class="unsortable" | Host |
| nowrap | 17 March – 1 April 2000
| {{flag|Australia}} |
| nowrap | 18–20 February 2002
| {{flag|Jamaica}} |
| nowrap | 22–27 February 2002
| {{flag|New Zealand}} |
| nowrap | 27 February – 3 March 2002
| {{flag|Australia}} (for 17th CHOGM) |
| nowrap | 4–15 October 2002
| {{flag|Canada}} |
| nowrap | 3–6 December 2003
| {{flag|Nigeria}} (for 18th CHOGM) |
| nowrap | 17–25 May 2005
| {{flag|Canada}} |
| nowrap | 23–26 November 2005
| {{flag|Malta}} (for 19th CHOGM) |
| nowrap | 11–16 March 2006
| {{flag|Australia}} |
| nowrap | 16–18 March 2006
| {{flag|Singapore}} |
| nowrap | 20 November 2007
| {{flag|Malta}} |
| nowrap | 21–24 November 2007
| {{flag|Uganda}} (for 20th CHOGM) |
| nowrap | 24–26 November 2009
| {{flag|Bermuda}} |
| nowrap | 26–28 November 2009
| {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} (for 21st CHOGM) |
2010s
| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
! class="unsortable" | Date !! Country !! class="unsortable" | Host |
| nowrap | 28 June – 6 July 2010
| {{flag|Canada}} |
| nowrap | 19–29 October 2011
| {{flag|Australia}} (for 22nd CHOGM) |
| nowrap | 26–28 November 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/state-visit-malta-and-chogm |title=State Visit to Malta and CHOGM|website=The Royal Family |date=27 October 2015 |access-date=8 January 2020 }}
| {{flag|Malta}} (for 24th CHOGM) |
Commonwealth countries and territories never visited by Elizabeth II
| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
! class="unsortable" | British overseas territories |
| {{flag|British Antarctic Territory}} |
| {{flag|British Indian Ocean Territory}} |
| {{flag|Falkland Islands}} |
| {{flag|Pitcairn Islands}}, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands |
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (never visited as Queen) |
| {{flag|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands}} |
| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
! class="unsortable" | Other territories |
| {{flag|Australian Antarctic Territory}} (external territory of Australia){{efn|name=NominalTerritory|Though nominally called territories, these regions are constitutionally integrated into their respective countries.}} |
| {{flag|Ashmore and Cartier Islands}} (external territory of Australia){{efn|name=NominalTerritory}} |
| {{flag|Christmas Island}} (external territory of Australia){{efn|name=NominalTerritory}} |
| {{flag|Coral Sea Islands}} (external territory of Australia){{efn|name=NominalTerritory}} |
| {{flag|Heard Island and McDonald Islands}} (external territory of Australia){{efn|name=NominalTerritory}} |
| {{flag|Niue}} (Realm of New Zealand) |
| Ross Dependency (dependency of New Zealand){{efn|name=NominalTerritory}} |
| {{flag|Tokelau}} (dependency of New Zealand) |
| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
! class="unsortable" | Commonwealth countries |
| {{flag|Cameroon}} |
| {{flag|Eswatini}} (never visited as Queen) |
| {{flag|Gabon}} |
| {{flag|Lesotho}} (never visited as Queen) |
| {{flag|Maldives}} (never visited while the country has been a member) |
| {{flag|Rwanda}} |
| {{flag|Togo}} |
See also
- List of state visits made by Elizabeth II
- List of state visits received by Elizabeth II
- List of state and official visits by Canada
- Royal tours of Australia
- Royal tours of Canada
- List of official overseas trips made by George VI
- List of official overseas trips made by Charles III
- List of official overseas trips made by William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales
- List of official overseas trips made by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
Notes
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References
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