List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II
Date Country Host
17 March - 1 April 2000 Australia Governor-General Deane
18-20 February 2002 Jamaica Governor-General Cooke
22-27 February 2002 New Zealand Governor-General Cartwright
27 February - 3 March 2002 Australia ( for 17th CHOGM ) Governor-General Hollingworth
4-15 October 2002 Canada Governor General Clarkson
3-6 December 2003 Nigeria ( for 18th CHOGM ) President Obasanjo
17-25 May 2005 Canada Governor General Clarkson
23-26 November 2005 Malta ( for 19th CHOGM ) President Fenech Adami
11-16 March 2006 Australia Governor-General Jeffery
16-18 March 2006 Singapore President Nathan
20 November 2007 Malta President Fenech Adami
21-24 November 2007 Uganda ( for 20th CHOGM ) President Museveni
24-26 November 2009 Bermuda Governor Gozney
26-28 November 2009 Trinidad and Tobago ( for 21st CHOGM ) President Richards
2000s
Queen 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 and their territories and dependencies widely. She has visited all but 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.