The Advantages of Hereditary Office

A list of outward State visits undertaken by the Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, since 1952:

24-26 June 1955 Norway, visiting King Haakon VII
8-10 June 1956 Sweden, visiting King Gustaf VI
18-21 February 1957 Portugal, visiting President Craveiro Lopes
8-11 April 1957 France, visiting President René Coty
21-23 May 1957 Denmark, visiting King Frederick IX
17-21 October 1957 USA, visiting President Eisenhower
25-27 March 1958 The Netherlands, visiting Queen Juliana I
26 February - 1 March 1961 Nepal, visiting King Mahendra
2-6 March 1961 Iran, visiting Shahanshah Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlari
2-5 May 1961 Italy, visiting President Gronchi
5 May 1961 Vatican City, visiting Pope John XXIII
23 November 1961 Liberia, visiting President Tubman
1-8 February 1965 Ethiopia, visiting Emperor Haile Selassie I
8-12 February 1965 Sudan, visiting President Dr. El Tigani El Mahi
18-28 May 1965 Germany, visiting President Lübke
9-13 May 1966 Belgium, visiting King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola
5-11 November 1968 Brazil, visiting President da Costa e Silva
11-18 November 1968 Chile, visiting President Frei
5-10 May 1969 Austria, visiting President Jonas
18-25 October 1971 Turkey, visiting President Sunay
10-15 February 1972 Thailand, visiting King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit
13-14 March 1972 Maldives, visiting President Nasir
15-19 May 1972 France, visiting President Pompidou
17-21 October 1972 Yugoslavia, visiting President Tito
15-22 March 1974 Indonesia, visiting President Soeharto
24 February - 1 March 1975 Mexico, visiting President Echeverria
7-12 May 1975 Japan, visiting Emperor Hirohito
25-28 May 1976 Finland, visiting President Kekkonen
6-11 July 1976 USA, visiting President Ford
8-12 November 1976 Luxembourg, visiting The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess
17-19 February 1979 Saudi Arabia
22-26 May 1978 Germany, visiting President Scheel
16-19 May 1979 Denmark, visiting Queen Margrethe
19-22 July 1979 Tanzania, visiting President Nyerere
22-25 July 1979 Malawi, visiting President Banda
25-27 July 1979 Botswana, visiting President Seretse Khama
27 July - 4 August 1979 Zambia, visiting President Kaunda
29 April - 2 May 1980 Switzerland, visiting President Chevallaz
14-17 October 1980 Italy, visiting President Pertini
17 October 1980 Vatican City, visiting Pope John Paul II
21-23 October 1980 Tunisia, visiting President Bourguiba
25-27 October 1980 Algeria, visiting President Chadli
27-30 October 1980 Morocco, visiting King Hassan II
5-8 May 1981 Norway, visiting King Olav V
21-25 October 1981 Sri Lanka, visiting President Jayewardene
25-28 May 1983 Sweden, visiting King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia
10-14 November 1983 Kenya, visiting President Arap Moi
14-17 November 1983 Bangladesh, visiting President Chowdhury
17-26 November 1983 India, visiting President Zail Singh
26-30 March 1984 Jordan, visiting King Hussein and Queen Noor
25-29 March 1985 Portugal, visiting President and Senhora Eanes
17-21 February 1986 Nepal, visiting King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya
12-18 October 1986 China, visiting President Li Xiannian
17-21 October 1988 Spain, visiting King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia
9-11 October 1989 Singapore, visiting President Wee Kim Wee
14-17 October 1989 Malaysia, visiting Yang di-Pertuan Agong
25-27 June 1990 Iceland, visiting President Vigdis Finnbogadottir
14-17 May 1991 USA, visiting President Bush
8-10 October 1991 Namibia, visiting President Nujoma
10-15 October 1991 Zimbabwe, visiting President Mugabe
28-10 May 1992 Malta, visiting President Tabone
9-12 June 1992 France, visiting President Mitterand
19-23 October 1992 Germany, visiting President Von Weizsacker
4-7 May 1993 Hungary, visiting President Goncz
17-20 October 1994 Russia, visiting President Yeltsin
19-25 March 1995 South Africa, visiting President Mandela
25-27 March 1996 Poland, visiting President Kwasniewska
27-29 March 1996 Czech Republic, visiting President Havel
28 October - 1 November 1996 Thailand, visiting King Bhumibol
6-12 October 1997 Pakistan, visiting President Sharma
12-18 October 1997 India, visiting President Narayanan
17-20 September 1998 Brunei, visiting HM Sultan of Brunei
20-23 September 1998 Malaysia, visiting HM The Yang di Pertuan-Agong
19-22 April 1999 South Korea, visiting President Kim Dae-jung
16-19 October 2000 Italy, visiting President Ciampi
30 May - 1 June 2001 Norway, visiting King Harald V and Queen Sonja
5 - 7 April 2004 France, visiting President Chirac
5-7 May 2004 President and Mrs. Kwasniewska of Poland
16-17 October 2006 Lithuania, visiting President Adamkus
18-19 October 2006 Latvia, visiting President Vike-Freiberga
19-20 October 2006 Estonia, visiting President Ilves
5 February 2007 The Netherlands, visiting the Queen of the Netherlands (to mark the 400th Anniversary of the English Church in Amsterdam)
3-8 May 2007 The United States of America, visiting President and Mrs Bush (to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement)
11-12 July 2007 Belgium, visiting the King and Queen of the Belgians (to mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele)