Elizabeth II, the globe-trotting queen | Queen Elizabeth II against all odds
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip leaving for a 45-day Canadian tour in 1959
During her 70-year reign, Elizabeth II was the most traveled head of state in history. Here are the official visits the Queen has taken since 1952.
On average, she visited four countries a year on state visits or visits to Commonwealth countries. In 1966 she visited 16 countries as part of a royal tour of the Caribbean, then 13 countries in 1977 to celebrate the 25th year of her coronation.
Her first visit after her coronation was to Kenya, a Commonwealth country, in February 1952.
The Queen has subsequently visited almost every Commonwealth country except from Cameroon, Rwanda, Togo and Gabon.
Of the approximately 200 official visits to Commonwealth countries, the Queen made 22 official tours to Canada, more than to any other Commonwealth country. Other Commonwealth countries she has visited the most include Australia (16 times) and New Zealand (10 times).
She has also attended 19 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings, including 3 in Australia and 2 in Canada.
The Queen made her last visit in 2015 official in a Commonwealth country, Malta.
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Elizabeth II visited all regions of Canada. She was present at the inauguration of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959, Canada's centennial and Expo 67 in 1967, as well as the Montreal Olympics in 1976.
On her first visit, in 1951, she made her first live televised address.
In 1977, while celebrating her silver jubilee in Ottawa, she declared at the opening of the parliamentary session: Whenever I am in this magnificent country of Canada, with its innumerable resources and its infinite possibilities, I am grateful to see that Canadians have succeeded in establishing a vigorous democracy, in the image of their people, both free and proud.
His time in Quebec, October 10, 1964, will remain marked in the collective memory of Quebec as being the Saturday of the truncheon because of the repression, by the police, of any demonstration in the city of Quebec.
On July 1, 1967, while in Ottawa for Canada's 100th anniversary celebrations, she instituted the Order of Canada.
In 1982, the Queen traveled to Ottawa to take part in the signing of the proclamation for the patriation of the Constitution.
Her last visit to Canadian soil was in 2010. Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, she visited Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Toronto. Throughout my life, I have witnessed more than half of the history of this country since its Confederation, she said then. I have watched with the greatest admiration as Canada grows and evolves while remaining true to its history, its distinctive character and its values.
Since the beginning of his reign, 13 prime ministers have been elected in Canada.
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Queen Elizabeth II did not have a UK passport for overseas travel, as all UK passports are issued in Her Majesty's name. All other members of the Royal Family hold passports.
In addition to her visits to Commonwealth countries, Queen Elizabeth II has made nearly 100 state visits. Among the countries where she took part in such visits: France (6 trips), the United States (5), the Vatican (4), Italy (4), Germany (4) and Belgium (4). She visited over 200 cities.
Countries she never visited during her reign include Israel, Cuba, Madagascar, Peru and Ukraine .
The Queen has never visited Greece since her coronation. Recall that the family of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, was expelled from Greece in 1922, with the overthrow of the monarchy.
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In addition, it should be noted that Queen Elizabeth II usually received one or two visiting heads of state every year. Heads of state from over 60 countries have taken part in official visits with the Queen.
