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The Queen's Commonwealth and State Visits, 18 December 2012. Queen Elizabeth II undertook a number of state and official visits over her 70-year reign (1952 to 2022), [1] as well as trips throughout the Commonwealth, making her the most widely travelled head of state in history. She did not require a British passport for travelling overseas, as ...
Queen Aishwarya: Buckingham Palace 44 17–20 March 1981 Nigeria: Republic President Shehu Shagari [3] Buckingham Palace 45 9–12 June 1981 Saudi Arabia: Monarchy King Khalid: Buckingham Palace 46 16–19 March 1982 Oman: Monarchy Sultan Qaboos bin Said: Buckingham Palace 47 16–19 November 1982 Netherlands: Monarchy Queen Beatrix Prince Claus
Beatrix was born during the reign of her maternal grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina, and became heiress presumptive upon the accession of her mother, Queen Juliana, in 1948. Beatrix attended a public primary school in Canada during World War II , and then finished her primary and secondary education in the Netherlands in the post-war period.
Queen Beatrix and Vladimir Putin on a state visit to the Netherlands, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, 1 November 2005. State visits in the Netherlands revolve around and are centered on the capital of Amsterdam. A characteristic of a state visit is that it is usually carried out by a foreign head of state, rather than a head of government.
Presentation of a book of the Six Decades of H.M.The Queen's Commonwealth and State Visits, 18 December 2012. 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.
The Queen has told guests at the state visit that her chest infection was a form of pneumonia. ... who chose to wear it for a banquet at Hampton Court Palace in honor of Queen Beatrix of the ...
In September 1996, Dutch Queen Beatrix paid an official visit to South Africa and met with President Mandela. [11] In 1999, President Mandela paid an official visit to the Netherlands. [ 12 ] Both nations maintain cordial relations and work together in international organizations and have signed numerous bilateral agreements in political ...
Queen Juliana accouncing her intent to abdicate. Following a reign of 31 years which began with the abdication of her mother Queen Wilhelmina in 1948, Queen Juliana, in a television and radio address to the nation on 31 January 1980, announced her intent to abdicate the throne in favour of her eldest daughter, Beatrix, in accordance with the precedence set by her mother.