34 photos capturing the Queen visiting Portsmouth over the years
Kelly Brown
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Queen Elizabeth visits Portsmouth Naval Base and the historic dockyard in 1973. Pictured here walking past HMS Victory.Picture: The News Portsmouth 7964-19
It has been a year since the Queen died, with her reign of over 70 years being the longest of any British monarch in history. With Portsmouth being the home of the Royal Navy, the Queen was no stranger to our city and visited it on a number of occasions to share with our city and surrounding area many of its important and historical moments..
Included in the selection are several wonderful images of her visit to Portsmouth in June 1977, and to HMS Dryad in July 1973. She was there as HMS Invincible returned to Portsmouth, carrying British troops home from the Falklands War in September 1982 and made a visit to see Rangers at Trafalgar Place Community Centre, Fratton in July 1980.
Queen Elizabeth was at Southwick House looking around the D-Day Map room in 1973 and also went on to visit the Naval Base in the same year.
Mr Keith Ricketts, Station Manager, presented Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at Portsmouth Harbour Station 1977. (Photo: The News archive)
She met with then US President Bill Clinton at the Guildhall in June 1994 and as we will all remember she met the then US President Donald Trump during the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in June 2019, as well as visiting the aircraft carrier that bears her name that is based in Portsmouth in 2021.
Children press forward to greet the Queen on her walkabout in Portsmouth, 1986. The News PP5122 (Photo: The News archive)
(L-R) Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and US President Donald Trump look up as aircraft perform a fly-over during an event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, in Portsmouth, southern England, on June 5, 2019. - US President Donald Trump, Queen Elizabeth II and 300 veterans are to gather on the south coast of England on Wednesday for a poignant ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Other world leaders will join them in Portsmouth for Britain's national event to commemorate the Allied invasion of the Normandy beaches in France -- one of the turning points of World War II. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)
In 1951 Princess Elizabeth was in Portsmouth to open the new United Services Club and the restored Connaught drill hall.Here she is on her arrival at the railway station, where she was welcomed by the Lord Mayor, Alderman A. Johnson (Photo: The News archive)
Queen Elizabeth visits Portsmouth Naval Base 1973. Picture: The News Portsmouth 7964-1
The Queen commissioned the UKs new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth into the Royal Navy on December 7 2017Picture: Habibur Rahman
Princess Elizabeth on the steps of the Guildhall Portsmouth 1937. (Photo: The News archive)
Queen Elizabeth talks to a young girl during the Commercial Road walkabout in June 1977 (Photo: The News archive)
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philips visit to Portsmouth on the 11th July 1980. (Photo: The News archive)
Queen Elizabeth at the return of HMS Invincible.HMS Invincible returns to Portsmouth, carrying British troops home from the Falklands War, 17 September 1982. (Photo: The News archive)
PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND - JUNE 05: Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Prime Minister, Theresa May, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, President of the United States, Donald Trump and First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump pose for a formal photograph with leaders of the other Allied Nations ahead of the National Commemorative Event commemorating the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion on June 5, 2019 in Portsmouth, England. Back row l-r Slovakia DPM Richard RaAi, Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Belgium Charles Michel, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej BabiA, Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison, Danish Ambassador to the UK Lars Thuesen. Front row L-R Governor-General of New Zealand Patsy Reddy, President of France Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Theresa May, Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, US President Donald Trump, President of Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte on June 5, 2019 in Portsmouth, England. The political heads of 16 countries involved in World War II joined Her Majesty, The Queen on the UK south coast for a service to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Overnight it was announced that all 16 had signed a historic proclamation of peace to ensure the horrors of the Second World War are never repeated. The text has been agreed by Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. (Photo by Jack Hill - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth visits Portsmouth Dockyard 1973.Picture: The News Portsmouth 7964-12
Queen Elizabeth inspects sailors in Portsmouth 20th July 1973. (Photo: The News archive)
Queen Elizabeth visits Portsmouth Dockyard 1973.Picture: The News Portsmouth 7964-14
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philips visit on 11th July 1980.Picture: The News Portsmouth 2248-14
US President Bill Clinton and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smile for the cameras during the group photo session at the Guildhall 04 June 1994 prior to a celebratory banquet for the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. (Photo by GERRY PENNY / AFP) (Photo credit should read GERRY PENNY/AFP/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II attends an event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Portsmouth on June 5, 2019 (Photo: JACK HILL)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth talks to admirers during her Guildhall Square walkabout in June 1977.Picture: The News Portsmouth 5490-10
Queen Elizabeth boarding a hovercraft at Cowes in August 1968. (Photo: The News archive)
Queen Elizabeth visits Portsmouth Naval Base 1973.Picture: The News Portsmouth B 7964-15
Queen Elizabeth near Crasswell Street, during her walkabout in Portsmouth in June 1977.Picture: The News Portsmouth 5491-9
Queen Elizabeth watching a flypast at Lee on the Solent 21st November 1952. (Photo: The News archive)
The Queen commissioned the UKs new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth into the Royal Navy on December 7 2017Picture: Habibur Rahman
Queen Elizabeth walks through cheering crowds in Commercial Road, Portsmouth in June 1977.Picture: The News Portsmouth 5489-2
The Queen is in Portsmouth to greet HMS Invincible on September 18, 1982.
A thrilling moment for a cub scout, as he meets Queen Elizabeth during her walkabout in Guildhall Square, June 1977.Picture: The News Portsmouth 5491-17
The Queen touring the factory in Portsmouth Dockyard on the 27th July 1973.Picture: The News Portsmouth 7964-10
Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth on the 11th July 1980. (Photo: The News archive)
Queen Elizabeth arriving in the royal car at Southsea Castle at the start of her visit in June 1977.Picture: The News Portsmouth 5488-3
Queen Elizabeth enjoying a cookery display presented by Rangers at Trafalgar Place Community Centre, Fratton, Portsmouth July 1980.Picture: The News Portsmouth 2248-13
Queen Elizabeth visits Portsmouth Naval Base 1973.HMS Victory walkway.Picture: The News Portsmouth 7964-8
French President Emmanuel Macron, the then Prime Minister Theresa May, the then Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth II attend an event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Portsmouth on June 5, 2019 (Photo: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS)
Queen Elizabeth II at Portsmouth to meet HMS Invincible in September 1982.
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