Queen’s Life Memories in Picture – Queen’s Visit to Africa.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (1892 – 1975) upon their arrival in Addis Ababa, during a State Visit to Ethiopia, February 1965. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on safari during their state visit to Zambia, 1979. (Photo by Serge Lemoine/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II cheered by schoolboys and others during the Royal Tour of West Africa in Accra, Ghana, circa December 1961. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, waving from the balcony of City Hall to the crowds below, during their Commonwealth tour, Nairobi, Kenya, 4th February 1952. The tour would be cut short after the death of King George VI during the night of 5th-6th February and Elizabeth’s accession to the throne. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
British Royal Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a yellow dress with a white collar, white evening gloves and a white hat, inspects an honour guard from Kenya’s 7th African Rifle on her arrival in Nairobi, Kenya, 10th November 1983. Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II are on a four-day State Visit to Kenya. (Photo by Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – AUGUST 01: Queen Elizabeth ll stands with President Kenneth Kaunda as she arrives to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting on August 01, 1979 in Lusaka, Zambia. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – MARCH 25:: (FILE PHOTO) In this file photo Queen Elizabeth meets Nelson Mandela during her trip to South Africa, March 25, 1995 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)
ACCRA, GHANA – NOVEMBER 08: The Queen Attending A Durbar Of Chiefs Of Tribes During Her Visit To Accra, Ghana. (Photo by Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh during a visit to the President of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta (1889 – 1978) (centre), Kenya, 1972. (Photo by William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
HM The Queen with President Jomo Kenyatta and his wife in Nairobi, Kenya in March 1972. Part of a series of photographs taken for use during the Silver Wedding Celebrations in 1972. (Photo by Lichfield Archive via Getty Images).
South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki escorts Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during their visit to Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo by © Louise Gubb/CORBIS SABA/Corbis via Getty Images)
TUNIS, TUNISIA – OCTOBER 21: Queen Elizabeth II and the President of Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba (1903-2000) driving through Tunis in a motorcade at the start of the Queen’s state visit to Tunisia on October 21, 1980 in Tunis, Tunisia. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) is driven in an open top car around Kumasi sports stadium for a gathering of Ashanti chiefs in Tamale, northern Ghana during the royal tour of West Africa in November 1961. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II during her state visit to Tanzania, July 1979. (Photo by Serge Lemoine/Getty Images)
West Africa, 1961, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh are pictured meeting local people during their visit (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip wave from an open Land Rover to a crowd of schoolchildren at a rally held at a racecourse in Ibadan, Nigeria, 15th February 1956. (Photo by Fox Photos,Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
(Original Caption) 10/15/54-London, England- Queen Elizabeth II of England rides in an open carriage with Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie. Entering Whitehall from Parliament Square on the Buckingham Palace. The Queen went to the station to welcome the Emperor as he arrived in the British capital October 15th for a three-day state visit.
30th November 1961: HM Queen Elizabeth II receiving a bouquet from a small native girl, watched by the Duke of Edinburgh and others, during the Royal Tour of Sierra Leone. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Princess Elizabeth wears a floral tea dress and hat as she inspects a line of Rhodesian girl guides at Lobatse, Bechuanaland Protectorate, April 21st 1947. (Photo by Paul Popper/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (L) smiles as she strolls past traditional dancers from the National Song and Dance group after she opened a Trade and Investment Exhibition at the Polana Hotel in Maputo 15 November 1999, on the last day of her three-nation African tour. (Photo credit should read ANNA ZIEMINSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
