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UK and overseas visits in Jubilee year

The Queen and members of the Royal Family marked the Diamond Jubilee with a series of visits and engagements throughout the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh travelled as widely as possible across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland during 2012. Other members of the Royal Family undertook overseas tours of Commonwealth countries on behalf of Her Majesty.

UK visits by The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh

The following list is a breakdown, by city and town (or London borough), of The Queen’s United Kingdom Diamond Jubilee Tour.

These visits gave Her Majesty the opportunity to express her thanks to people throughout the country for their continued support and loyalty.

8 March - Leicester

23 March – Manchester and Salford

29 March: North London
Redbridge, Walthamstow, Harrow

26 - 27 April: Wales
Cardiff, Margam, Merthyr Tydfil, Aberfan, Ebbw Vale, Glanusk Park

1 - 2 May: South West England
Sherborne, Salisbury, Crewkerne, Yeovil, Exeter

15th May: South London
Bromley, Merton, Richmond

16 - 17 May: North West England
Burnley, Accrington, Warrington, Chester, Liverpool

2 - 5 June: Central Weekend

13 - 14 June: East Midlands
Nottingham, Burghley, Corby, Stevenage, Hatfield

25 June: South East England
Henley-on-Thames

26 - 27 June: Northern Ireland
Enniskillen, Belfast

2 - 6 July: Scotland (Holyrood Week)
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, Perth

11 - 12 July: West Midlands
Hereford, Worcester, Birmingham, Shropshire

18 - 19 July: North East England
Sunderland, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Gateshead, Durham City , Stockton-on- Tees, Leeds

25 July - South East England
Cowes, Isle of Wight, New Forest, Hampshire

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh made use of car, the Royal Train,  aircraft and the ship Leander as they toured the United Kingdom.

Overseas visits by members of the Royal Family

Members of the Royal Family travelled overseas representing The Queen throughout the Diamond Jubilee year, visiting every Realm as well as undertaking visits to Commonwealth countries, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories.

Her Majesty asked that these visits included the following:

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall: Channel Islands, Isle of Man

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge: Malaysia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu

Prince Harry: Belize, Jamaica, The Bahamas

The Duke of York: India

The Earl and Countess of Wessex: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Gibraltar, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago

The Princess Royal: Mozambique, Zambia

The Duke of Gloucester: British Virgin Islands, Malta

The Duke of Kent: Falkland Islands, Uganda

The Queen on a walkabout during a visit to Brighton in 2007
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