The Queen and the Commonwealth : celebrating seven decades of state visits
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The Queen and the Commonwealth : celebrating seven decades of state visits
AUTHOR:
Owen, James, 1969-
ISBN:
9780008548315
EDITION:
First edition.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Glasgow : Times Books, 2022.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
256 p. : ill. (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes index.
ABSTRACT:
Our most travelled monarch covered well over 1,000,000 miles and visited 117 countries during her reign. From New Zealand to Barbados, we look back at Queen Elizabeth's most memorable Commonwealth visits. While the Commonwealth itself has endured the challenges of a changing society over the last seven decades, one constant always remained: Queen Elizabeth. Explore the nature of this evolving relationship through The Times archives, with full-colour photographs and authoritative accounts of news stories as they unfolded across the globe. In this book you'll find: Timelines for each decade of state visits, from the 1950s to the 2010s, Full-colour photographs of Queen Elizabeth on tour, Articles from The Times archives, reporting on events as they unfolded.
PERSONAL_SUBJECT:
SUBJECT:
| Diplomacy. |
| Visits of state -- Commonwealth countries. |
| Biographies. |
| Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Commonwealth countries. |
| Commonwealth countries -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain. |
| Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022 -- Travel. |
BIBSUMMARY:
Our most travelled monarch covered well over 1,000,000 miles and visited 117 countries during her reign. From New Zealand to Barbados, we look back at Queen Elizabeth's most memorable Commonwealth visits. While the Commonwealth itself has endured the challenges of a changing society over the last seven decades, one constant always remained: Queen Elizabeth. Explore the nature of this evolving relationship through The Times archives, with full-colour photographs and authoritative accounts of news stories as they unfolded across the globe. In this book you'll find: Timelines for each decade of state visits, from the 1950s to the 2010s, Full-colour photographs of Queen Elizabeth on tour, Articles from The Times archives, reporting on events as they unfolded.