Saturday, 29 March 2008

Incoming

Since 1952:

28 June - 1 July 1954 King Gustaf VI and Queen Louise of Sweden
14-16 October 1954 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
25-28 October 1955 President and Madame Craveiro Lopes of Portugal
16-19 July 1956 King Feisal of Iraq
13-16 May 1958 President and Signora Gronchi of Italy
21-23 October 1958 President Heuss of Germany
5-8 May 1959 The Shahanshah of Iran
5-8 April 1960 President and Madame de Gaulle of France
19-21 July 1960 King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand
17-20 October 1960 King Mahendra and Queen Ratna of Nepal
10-13 July 1962 President and Mrs. Tubman of Liberia
16-19 October 1962 King Olav V of Norway
14-17 May 1963 King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium
12-23 June 1963 President Radhakrishnan of India (a Commonwealth visit)
9-12 July 1963 King Paul I and Queen Frederika of Greece
26 May - 4 June 1964 President Ferik Ibrahim Abbood of Sudan
13-17 July 1965 President and Señora de Frei of Chile
17-21 May 1966 President and Frau Jonas of Austria
19-28 July 1966 King Hussein and The Princess Muna al Hussein of Jordan
17-25 November 1966 President Ayub Khan of Pakistan (a Commonwealth visit)
9-17 May 1967 King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
1-8 November 1967 President and Madame Cevdet Sunay of Turkey
22-30 April 1969 President Saragat and Signora Santacatterina of Italy
15-20 July 1969 President and Madame Kekkonen of Finland
5-8 October 1971 Emperor Hirohito and the Empress of Japan
7-10 December 1971 King Zahir Shah of Afghanistan
11-15 April 1972 Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
13-16 June 1972 The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
24-27 October 1972 President and Frau Heinemann of Germany
3-6 April 1973 President and Señora de Echeverria of Mexico
12-15 June 1973 General and Mrs. Gowon of Nigeria
11-14 December 1973 President and Madame Mobutu of Zaire
30 April - 3 May 1974 Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik of Denmark
9-12 July 1974 Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri of Malaysia
8-11 July 1975 King Carl Gustaf of Sweden
18-21 November 1975 President Nyerere of Tanzania
4-7 May 1976 President and Senhora Geisel of Brazil
22-25 June 1976 President and Madame Valery Giscard d'Estaing of France
13-16 June 1978 President and Madame Ceausescu of Romania
14-17 November 1978 President and Senhora Eanes of Portugal
12-15 June 1979 President Arap Moi of Kenya
13-16 November 1979 President and Madame Soeharto of Indonesia
18-21 November 1980 King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya of Nepal
17-20 March 1981 President Shagari of Nigeria
9-12 June 1981 King Khaled of Saudi Arabia
16-19 March 1982 HM Qaboos Bin Al Said, Sultan of Oman
16-19 November 1982 Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus of the Netherlands
22-25 March 1983 President and Mrs. Kaunda of Zambia
10-13 April 1984 His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Sulman Al Khalifa of Bahrain
23-26 October 1984 President and Madame François Mitterrand of France
16-19 April 1985 President Banda of Malawi
11-14 June 1985 President and Señora de la Madrid of Mexico
12-15 November 1985 His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al-Thani of Qatar
22-25 April 1986 King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain
1-4 July 1986 President and Freifrau von Weizsacker of Germany
24-27 March 1987 King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
14-17 July 1987 King Hassan II of Morocco
12-15 April 1988 King Olav V of Norway
12-15 July 1988 President Evren of Turkey
8-11 November 1988 President and Madame Diouf of Senegal
9-12 May 1989 President and Mrs. Babangida of Nigeria
18-21 July 1989 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of United Arab Emirates
3-6 April 1990 President and Shrimali Venkataraman of India
23-26 October 1990 President Cossiga of Italy
23-26 April 1991 President and Mrs. Walesa of Poland
23-26 July 1991 President and Mrs. Mubarak of Egypt
3-6 November 1992 The Sultan of Brunei and The Raja Isteri
27-30 April 1993 President and Senhora Soares of Portugal
9-12 November 1993 The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and The Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia
17-20 May 1994 President Mugabe of Zimbabwe
5-8 July 1994 King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway
23-26 May 1995 Shaikh Jabir al Ahmed Jabir al Sabah (The Amir) of Kuwait
17-20 October 1995 President and Madame Ahtisaari of Finland
14-17 May 1996 President and Madame Chirac of France
9-12 July 1996 President Mandela of South Africa
25-28 February 1997 President and Mrs. Weizman of Israel
2-5 December 1997 President and Senhora Cardoso of Brazil
26-29 May 1998 Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan
1-4 December 1998 President and Frau Herzog of Germany
22-25 June 1999 President and Mrs. Goncz of Hungary
19-22 October 1999 President and Madame Wang Yeping of China
16-18 February 2000 Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik of Denmark
12-15 June 2001 President and Mrs. Mbeki of South Africa
6-9 November 2001 King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan
24-27 June 2003 President Putin and Mrs. Putina of the Russian Federation
18-21 November 2003 President and Mrs. Bush of the United States of America
5-7 May 2004 President and Mrs. Kwasniewska of Poland
18-19 November 2004
(Official Visit to mark the centenary of the Entente Cordiale) President and Madame Chirac of France
1-3 December 2004 President and Mrs. Roh Moo-Hyun of South Korea
15-17 March 2005 The President of the Italian Republic and Signora Ciampi
25-27 October 2005 King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway (Official visit)
8-10 November 2005 The President of the People's Republic of China and Madame Liu Yongqing
7-9 March 2006 The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil and Senhora Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
13-15 March 2007 The President of the Republic of Ghana and Mrs Kufuor
30 October - 1 November 2007 The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
26-27 March 2008 The President of the French Republic and Madame Nicolas Sarkozy

God Save the Queen! takes on an entirely new urgency.

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