Countries Most-Visited By Queen Elizabeth II

What a great and well travelled queen she has been!!

Indeed. A great, well-travelled and hardworking queen.

hehe

I bombed this one. Looks like she's taken a few Caribbean cruises.

Her Majesty does enjoy a nice island vacation, does she not?

Yes, a lot to tourist spots globally. Maybe those visits show her political priorities in the ex-British empire - little regard for India and the sub-continent, and in Africa. Might be too much unwashed, unclean riff-raff in those places for Her Majesty to tolerate, eh what. But lots of visits to Anglo and European countries. Surprising to see Canada at no 1.

Yeah, really want to see her prioritize Burkina Faso over Ukraine. Totally pragmatic use of time.

She would never be welcome in Greece after what her relatives did to the country. Where to even begin?! Firstly, her hubby's dad was one of the main people responsible for the expulsion of one million Greeks from Asia Minor when he wanted to play "British Empire" and together with the monarchist government were crushed in the greco-turkish war. He was never tried for his crimes.

The rest of the family ended up contributing to a civil war, a military junta which plagued the country for 7 years (1967-1974) and the turkish invasion of Cyprus for which the British were extremely culpable.

Not to mention, Lizzy is largely viewed as the perpetrator of Diana's murder and she had been revered in Greece.

Wow she must really like us in Canada.

"When you really want to visit the USA but must go to a place instead with your own face on the money"

Well, you're so polite. How can she refuse when you ask her over for Boxing Day?

Why wouldn't she, you are her subjects. Most of the world views Canada as something between a British colony and a U.S puppet state anyway. Well, except Quebec, of course.

I get that these are commonwealth countries, but it still seems weird that the queen has prioritized these countries over nations of high political significance like China or Germany

It's not weird that she has been many times to countries she officially is Queen of (or was in two cases on the list - one of which she lived in for a year). The other 4 in this quiz are, a large commonwealth country that's en-route to Oceania and her frequently-visited realms there (you're going to have to stop en-route, so why not there?), one of the closest Commonwealth countries to the UK with links to her husband, the global superpower that often needs a bit of charm for the UK to get something off them, and a close ally that is also place where her husband grew up. The non-Commonwealth two also have horse racing, and I guess while you have the Queen visiting for her hobby you might want to have her to your presidential palace for dinner as an official sign of friendship between two nations - helping boost their numbers.

Visits related to political relations are more relevant to the current PM, not so much the royal family, who would be more focused on the commonwealth.

That dramatic drop from 86% to 37% in the answer stats though.

RIP

You will be missed :'(

“I did but see her passing by, and yet I love her till I die.”

That wikipedia page only lists 5 visits to United States. Also Germany has been visited 7 times - 3 of these are listed as visits to "West Germany", since they were pre-German reunification in 1990.

R.I.P queen elizabeth II, may she rest in peace.

Rest in peace, Queen Elizabeth. You were a remarkable woman.

I hope Charles doesn't wreck the country

Why would she visit Malta??

Why wouldn’t she have visited the former British colony and Commonwealth member of Malta? 🤷‍♂️

What value is there in deleting threads? Surely this is a community of adults

If you're getting weepy about the fairy princess who rules your kingdom kicking the bucket in their 90s, even reacting angrily when you spot someone else not with bowed head in awed reverence - pointing out what this person actually was, your adulthood is in question.

Nope, I merely posted out my preference of constitutional monarchy as a method of governance. It less 'parasitic' that most presidential systems.

I didn't mean you specifically. I assume some threads were deleted where people said other things. Even though you are wrong. A thread wouldn't be deleted for that alone.

You said this was a community of adults. I was speaking to the community.

The list actually makes perfect sense - and it makes equal sense that a list of countries visited most often by UK prime ministers would look very different.

She was head of state of eight of the countries on this list (Malta until 1974, Barbados until last year). The other countries on the list are: Britain's closest ally, the United States, and Britain's two strongest European allies, Germany (where large numbers of British troops have been stationed since 1945) and France.

Official visits by a head of state are incredibly expensive for both the host and guest countries and are typically arranged years in advance. It meant that although she travelled more than most heads of state, she was unlikely to visit most countries the six times required to make this list.