List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II


became Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952. Since then, she has toured the Commonwealth of Nations widely. She has visited all member states except Cameroon and Rwanda. 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.

1950s

DateCountryHost
6 February 1952Governor Mitchell
24–25 November 1953Governor Hood
25–27 November 1953Governor Foot
17–19 December 1953Governor Garvey
19–20 December 1953Queen Sālote Tupou III
23 December 1953 – 30 January 1954Governor-General Norrie
3 February 1954 – 1 April 1954Governor-General Slim
5 April 1954 Cocos IslandsGovernor Nicoll
10–21 April 1954Governor-General Ramsbotham
27 April 1954Governor Hickinbotham
28–30 April 1954Governor Cohen
3–7 May 1954Governor Creasy
10 May 1954Governor MacMillan
28 January – 16 February 1956Governor-General Robertson
12–16 October 1957Governor General Massey
18 June – 1 August 1959Governor General Massey

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

DateCountryHost
17 March – 1 April 2000Governor-General Deane
18–20 February 2002Governor-General Cooke
22–27 February 2002Governor-General Cartwright
27 February – 3 March 2002 Governor-General Hollingworth
4–15 October 2002Governor General Clarkson
3–6 December 2003 President Obasanjo
17–25 May 2005Governor General Clarkson
23–26 November 2005 President Fenech Adami
11–16 March 2006Governor-General Jeffery
16–18 March 2006President Nathan
20 November 2007President Fenech Adami
21–24 November 2007 President Museveni
24–26 November 2009Governor Gozney
26–28 November 2009 President Richards

2010s