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The Queen's visits to Northamptonshire in pictures

From her first visit to Northampton in 1946 to her last to Corby in 2012

• 05:00, 13 SEP 2022

From before she was even queen, Queen Elizabeth II visited Northamptonshire several times throughout her life. Following her death on Thursday, this photo tribute looks back on Her Majesty’s many memorable visits to the county over 70 years.

The Queen first visited Northamptonshire as a young princess in 1946, just after the Second World War and before her marriage to Prince Philip. The 20-year-old princess visited Northampton to open the General Hospital and Grendon Hall, the County Youth Centre of Northamptonshire.

She returned in 1961, where she travelled to Corby to unveil Queen's Square, which had been named after her. In 1965, the Queen and Prince Philip undertook a whirlwind tour of Northamptonshire.

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They visited Wellingborough and Higham Ferrers before stopping by Kettering to see a model of the new town centre. They then went on to Northampton to inspect Churches Shoe Factory before dinner at Althorp House.

In 1982, she returned to Northampton to open the Express Lifts tower (now known as the National Lift Tower). She also used this tour to visit pupils at Queen Elizabeth School in Corby.

In 1985, 20 years after her last visit there, the Queen returned to Higham Ferrers and Wellingborough to visit the Duchy farms in the area. As the Duke of Lancaster, the Queen owned these farms and was responsible for the tenants.

In 1992, the Queen opened the new extension to Northampton Guildhall. Her great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria, opened the original building 128 years before in 1864.

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The Queen was given a particularly warm welcome by Kettering in 2001, when she came to open the new Business Exchange. She also dropped by Corby to visit the Rockingham Speedway with Prince Philip.

She made her last visit to the county ten years ago, when she visited Corby as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012. She inspected the new International Swimming Pool and Corby Cube, before visiting Spratton, where she was given a Diamond Pie.

Crowds of fans greet the then Princess Elizabeth in Northampton, on her way to open the General Hospital and Grendon Hall in 1946.

The Queen on her first visit to Corby in 1961, when she opened Queen's Square.

The Queen walking through the streets of Higham Ferrers as part of her 1965 tour of Northamptonshire.

Visiting Churches Shoe Factory in Northampton in 1965

Crowds welcome the Queen outside Northampton Guildhall in 1982, when she opened the National Lift Tower

The Queen and Prince Philip travelling to Duchy Farm near Wellingborough in 1985

The Queen opening the new extension to Northampton Guildhall in 1992

The Queen on a walkabout in Kettering in 2001 after opening the Business Exchange

The Queen meets beauty queens during a visit to the Olympic swimming pool and the Cube at Corby during her Diamond Jubilee tour of the East Midlands in 2012.

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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, Volume 2, Archaeological Sites in Central Northamptonshire . Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1979.

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'Kettering', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, Volume 2, Archaeological Sites in Central Northamptonshire, (London, 1979) pp. 101-105. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/northants/vol2/pp101-105 [accessed 11 April 2024]

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38 kettering, prehistoric and roman, medieval and later.

(OS 1:10000 a SP 88 SE, b SP 87 NE)

The large parish covers about 1800 hectares and now includes the old parish of Barton Seagrave, which lay to the S.E. of the former Kettering parish. The town of Kettering is situated on a flat-topped ridge, composed mainly of Northampton Sand, at around 90 m.–105 m. above OD. On either side of this ridge the land falls steeply, to the R. Ise on the E. and The Slade on the W., both of which flow S. in clay-floored valleys. E. of the Ise, in what was mainly the old parish of Barton Seagrave, the land rises steeply to just over 91 m. above OD, where bands of sands, silts and limestones are exposed. The major monument in the parish is the unusually large Iron Age and Roman settlement (6) which occupies much of the N. part of the town and extends into Weekley and Geddington parishes. Much of the evidence for its extent has been recovered during ironstonemining and urban development in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, though some has been excavated more recently during redevelopment. As a result the records are largely inadequate and it is unlikely that the full extent and significance of this settlement will ever be known. Other Iron Age and Roman settlements, (4), (5) and (7), have also been discovered during modern urban expansion. The only notable site at Barton Seagrave is the so-called castle (14).

At least four Iron Age coins (three in KM) are recorded from Kettering, but their exact provenance is not known. One is a British B, Chute type, another is ascribed to Tasciovanus, and two others are of Cunobelinus. In addition a large number of Roman coins are listed as from Kettering (KM). Most of these, and the Iron Age ones, probably come from (6) (VCH Northants ., I (1902), 218; Brit. Num. J ., 4 (1907), 358; 21 (1931–3), 4; PSA , (2nd series) 23 (1911), 493–4). In addition two coins have been found to the W. of the town (at SP 85547911; BNFAS , 4 (1970), 9; OS Record Cards) and two more to the E., one at SP 879791 and the other at SP 888784 ( BNFAS , 5 (1971), 19; Northants. Archaeol ., 8 (1973), 6). A Bronze Age Handled Beaker is said to have been found at Kettering ( Arch. Cambrensis , (7th series) 5 (1925), 31).

b (1) Enclosure (?) (SP 891793), in the N.E. of the parish, on the E. side of the valley of the R. Ise, on sand at 84 m. above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show, very indistinctly, three sides of a possible rectangular enclosure, covering about 0.25 hectares.

a (2) Bronze Age Settlement or Burial (?) (probably SP 871809). Worked flints and fragments of 'Bronze Age pottery' were discovered here during ironstone-mining in 1903 ( PSA , (2nd Series) 32 (1911), 498; OS Record Cards, for a more doubtful location). These finds appear to have come from the same workings as much of the Roman material of (6). The sherds are those of a Collared Urn of the Primary Series (NM; PPS , 27 (1961), 119).

a (3) Bronze Age Burials (?) (probably SP 860801), N.E. of the town in the bottom of a small valley. There is a vague reference to four Bronze Age urns, found just prior to 1904 at 'Kettering Furnaces'. Another urn was apparently discovered 'North of Kettering' during drainage work in 1903 ( Ass. Arch. Soc. Reps ., 27 (1904), 382).

b (4) Iron Age Settlement (SP 895783), on flat land at 98 m. above OD, on Oolitic Limestone. During development of the area for housing in 1968 numerous ditches and pits, containing late Iron Age B pottery, were revealed in foundation trenches, but no coherent plan was recovered (OS Record Cards).

b (5) Iron Age and Roman Settlement (SP 886764), S. of Dale's Lodge on the E. side of the valley of the R. Ise, on sand at 70 m. above OD. A Roman coin was found in the area in 1922, but only when the area was developed for housing in 1964–5 were other features noted. Pits containing late Iron Age pottery as well as quantities of Roman pottery were then discovered in the foundations. Only part of a large site was recorded. Some medieval pottery was also found ( BNFAS ., 3 (1969), 6; OS Record Cards).

a (6) Iron Age and Roman Settlement (centred SP 871806; Fig. 12), covers at least 125 hectares and probably extends N. into Weekley and Geddington parishes where other Iron Age and Roman discoveries have been made (Weekley (1), Geddington (4)). It lies on generally flat land on sand and limestone at around 100 m. above OD.

The area has long been known as the site of a large Roman settlement. Even in the early 18th century Bridges noted that 'several urns, coins and bones' had been found in Stoneylands between Weekley Woods and Kettering'. In the late 19th century large quantities of coins were found, and there is a record of 'a sort of oven', possibly a hypocaust or kiln. In 1903, when the present housing estate on the N. side of the town was laid out (centred SP 870802), Roman pottery was found in quantities over a large area, as well as animal bones, human bones, coins and two or three wells. One of these, nearly 5 m. deep, was at the end of Blandford Avenue (SP 87188055). Another, at the E. end of Neale Avenue (SP 87228048), contained the remains of a pair of leather sandals. Since then other finds have been made (see below).

At a later date ironstone-working started in the area N. of the town, extending into Weekley parish. From there came many Roman coins, 'immense quantities of pottery' including Nene Valley and samian wares, many brooches, a pottery Celtic face, part of a face urn, a green glass jug, a small bronze head of Diana, a jet head of Medusa, a bronze socketed staff-head in the form of an eagle's head, iron and bronze implements and a steelyard. A number of wells and a 'bath-shaped oven' are also recorded. Traces of a road were also noticed in the workings (at about SP 871806), and in the same area a large patch of pebbles, laid in cement, and another, irregular expanse of cement floor, bounded on two sides by fragments of walls with painted wall-plaster, and with roof tiles and nails, were discovered. Other foundation pits and wells were also found (VCH Northants ., I (1902), 194; Ass. Arch. Soc. Reps ., 27 (1904), 382–7; PSA , (2nd series) 23 (1911), 493–501; 24 (1912), 223– 5; BAR , 24 (1976), 180; J. Bridges, Hist. of Northants ., II (1791), 241; KM).

Later finds in the area have included a Roman burial in an urn, in Beatrice Road (SP 86958018; JBAA , 32 (1926), 316–7), Roman pottery including Nene Valley wares (SP 87238009 and 87158028; OS Record Cards), Roman pottery including samian (SP 86867992; OS Record Cards), Roman coins (SP 876798, 870795 and 869795; BNFAS , 4 (1970), 9; OS Record Cards), and a mould for applying decoration to pottery (SP 875796; Ant. J ., 20 (1940), 497–9; Surrey Archaeol. Coll ., 56 (1959), 160–1; JRS , 29 (1939), 208).

There have also been more recent discoveries and excavations in the area, which have produced further material. In Mitchell Street (SP 872805) Iron Age and Roman pottery, coins, glass and bones have been recovered as well as hearths, remains of collapsed masonry and pits ( BNFAS , 1 (1966), 10–11; 2 (1967), 12–13; Cytringanian (Kettering Grammer School Magazine), 51 (1967), 24–46). In North Park Avenue (SP 873801) a layer of weathered and burnt limestone rubble, together with Nene Valley and samian wares, bones and four coins, a fibula and two finger rings, were found ( Cytringanian , 50 (1966), 33–4; BNFAS , 1 (1966), 11). Further N.E. (at SP 874802) excavations have revealed a number of pits containing 3rd to 4th-century pottery, bone pins, a fibula, glass beads and thirteen coins. Near by were other pits containing 1st to early 2nd-century pottery and other domestic rubbish ( BNFAS , 3 (1969), 14; 7 (1972), 21; CBA Group 9, Newsletter , 2 (1972), 14; Britannia , 3 (1972), 359; DOE Arch. Excavations , 1971 (1972), 21). In Blandford Avenue (SP 874806) redevelopment work in 1973 led to the discovery of Roman pits, ditches and a paved road, as well as pottery, bricks, tiles, glass fragments and coins. N. of Blandford Avenue (SP 871806) other redevelopment work revealed pits, a clay-lined oven, circular clay plates, possibly from a pottery kiln, and an area of gravel and limestone, perhaps a road or track. A little pottery, including samian, as well as five 4th-century coins, were also found ( Northants. Archaeol ., 9 (1974), 90; Britannia , 5 (1974), 278). To the S.W. (probably around SP 877800) a paved area associated with 2nd to 4th-century pottery was noted during development work before 1961 ( J. Northants. Natur. Hist. Soc. and FC , 34 (1961), 97–8).

b (7) Iron Age and Roman Settlement (centred SP 886780), on the E. side of the valley of the R. Ise, on sand at 76 m. above OD. During construction work on a housing estate a number of discoveries were made which included the following: ditches, gullies and pits containing late Belgic pottery, and surface finds of worked flints, a barbed-and-tanged arrowhead and sherds of Iron Age pottery; ditches and pits associated with box and roof tiles, a quantity of late Roman pottery, some Iron Age sherds and a human skeleton; a 1st or 2nd-century Roman pottery kiln with four clay pedestals in situ and a 3rd to 4th-century stone-built corn-drying oven, built over a mass of pits and ditches containing late Belgic pottery ( BNFAS , 4 (1970), 9; 5 (1971), 19; Northants. Archaeol ., 9 (1974), 84, 91; Britannia , 5 (1974), 434–5).

b (8) Roman (?) Iron Workings (SP 86627879), close to the junction of Gold Street and High Street. An 'iron-smelting furnace' with bones and a 'mattock' was discovered in 1864 during building operations (OS Record Cards).

b (9) Roman Burial (SP 878772), found in the early 20th century in what is now Wickstead Park on the W. side of the valley of the R. Ise on sand at 68 m. above OD. An urn, now lost, but said to be of the 2nd century, full of earth and burnt bones, was discovered ( PSA , (2nd series) 26 (1974), 245).

b (10) Anglo-Saxon Cemetery (SP 876792), across Stamford Road, on the W. side of the valley of the R. Ise, on sand at 114 m. above OD. It was first discovered around 1900 when the area was being developed for building. Fragments of urns and part of a brooch were found. In 1903 80 or 90 other urns, containing cremations, were found, as well as bronze tweezers and glass; six skeletons and a plain urn were also recorded. In 1904 a cruciform brooch and part of another urn came to light. In 1929 excavations in the area produced four other inhumations, sixteen urns and bronze ornaments (Meaney, Gazetteer , (1964), 191–2, for all refs.; Ass. Arch. Soc. Reps ., 27 (1904), 385–6; J. Northants. Mus. and Art Gall ., 6 (1969), 37–41; J.N.L. Myres, Anglo-Saxon Pottery and the Settlement of England , (1969), Fig. 3, No. 745; Fig. 18, No. 776; Fig. 27, No. 771; Fig. 28, No. 754; Fig. 29, No. 774; Fig. 33, No. 765; Fig. 43; Fig. 44, No. 748; Fig. 49, No. 779; Plates 3–7; NM; KM).

b (11) Anglo-Saxon Burial (SP 87877788), found in 1961 in Windmill Avenue, on the W. side of the valley of the R. Ise, on sand at 99 m. above OD. A plain urn was discovered in a drainage ditch (Meaney, op. cit., 192; KM).

b (12) Anglo-Saxon Cemetery (SP 892764), on the parish boundary between Barton Seagrave and Burton Latimer, on limestone at 91 m. above OD. The site was revealed in the course of ironstone-quarrying between 1880 and 1885. At least 17 urns, an iron shieldboss and bronze-gilt disc brooches were discovered (Meaney. op. cit., 186; J. Northants. Mus. and Art Gall ., 6 (1969), 37–41; Northants. Archaeol ., 9 (1974), 101; J.N.L. Myres, Anglo-Saxon Pottery and the Settlement of England , (1969), Fig. 36, No. 1465; Fig. 44, No. 744; Plate 6; BM).

b (13) Anglo-Saxon Burial (?) (perhaps SP 882796), on the W. side of the valley of the R. Ise. A skeleton with a spearhead was discovered before 1806, but no further details are known ( Trans. Leics. Arch. Soc ., (1966), 249).

b (14) Barton Seagrave Castle and Fish-Ponds (SP 88607691–88627712; Fig. 96; Plate 7), lie on the E. side of the R. Ise, on the valley side below Barton Seagrave village, on clay and sand at 60 m.– 70 m. above OD.

The site is often termed a 'castle' but the remains suggest that there was never much more than two simple moated enclosures, one of which held a manor house. There is, however, a record of one Nicholas de Seagrave obtaining licence to crenellate in the early 14th century and this perhaps indicates the date of the construction of the moats, although it may only represent a rebuilding on an existing site. The site appears to be that of the manor house of Barton Hanred, one of the two manors in Barton Seagrave, which is last mentioned as inhabited in 1433 (VCH Northants ., III (1930), 176–8; II (1906), 414; J. Bridges, Hist. of Northants ., II (1791), 217; N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Northants ., (1961), 98–9; CBA Group 9, Newsletter , 6 (1976), 23–4).

Fig. 96 Kettering (14) Barton Seagrave Castle and fishponds, (15) Settlement remains

The site consists of two moated enclosures, linked by a ditch, as well as two fishponds. All were apparently fed by springs which break out at the junction of the clay and sand. The S. moat encloses an island of somewhat irregular form, surrounded by a wide ditch up to 2 m. deep. The interior is very uneven and much disturbed. A broad outer bank 1.5 m. high, on the N. and W. sides formerly held the water in the ditch. In the S.W. corner the ditch is much wider than elsewhere, and was perhaps a fishpond. Immediately to the W. is another rectangular pond, also probably for fish. Just outside the S.W. corner of the moat there is a large irregular mound, which is possibly a spoil heap from the original construction work. This moat is undoubtedly the site of the manor house, and it is probably from this place that the 'window frames and door cases of stone with other large quantities of good face-stone' came, (J. Bridges, op. cit.). From the N. side of the moat a shallow ditch extends northwards to a second moated site. This consists of a well-defined rectangular island completely surrounded by a ditch up to 2 m. deep with massive outer banks or dams on the N. and W. The island is flat, but is occupied by one small and two large rectangular ponds, 1 m.– 1.5 m. deep. A large watercourse, now mainly dry, passes to the N. of the moat. To the E. and N.E. are the remains of at least three rectangular paddocks or closes which were perhaps once part of Barton Seagrave village (15). The purpose of this moat is obscure and no satisfactory explanation for the ponds in the interior has been suggested. One possible explanation is that they were fish-breeding tanks, but why these should need to be moated is not apparent (see also Braybrooke (1) and Section Preface, p. lix).

S.W. of the second moat and close to the W. edge of the area, there is a small roughly rectangular embanked pond with a ditch entering it from the E. (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1925, 1238–9, 4350–2).

b (15) Settlement Remains (SP 887772– 891772; partly on Fig. 96), formerly part of Barton Seagrave village, lie N.E. of the castle (14) along the S. side of the present main Kettering-Burton Latimer Road (A 6), on Northampton Sand between 67 m. and 84 m. above OD. Before the modern road was widened and realigned there were several platforms and paddocks alongside it. During the road works a considerable amount of medieval pottery was noted, including Stamford and Lyveden wares of 11th to 13th-century date. Some of the platforms also had masonry on them ( BNFAS , 2 (1967), 22; DMVRG, Annual Report , 15 (1967), 4). Two large rectangular paddocks bounded by shallow ditches now remain, E. of St. Botolphs Road and N.E. of the castle site. The southernmost has a house platform in its S.E. corner; the N. one has a series of scarps, cut into by the modern road along its N. edge. These latter may be former house platforms. Further E. (not shown on Fig. 96), there are other indeterminate banks and scarps which are probably part of the same site, while 200 m. to the E. (at SP 890772) there is a large L-shaped depression, 45 m. across and 1.5 m. deep, set into the hillside. This is perhaps an old pond (RAF VAP CPE/ UK/1925, 1238–9, 4350–2).

(16) Coin Hoard (unlocated), found in Kettering in 1927. Sixty-three coins dating from Elizabeth I to 1646, all in poor condition, are recorded ( Num. Chron ., (5th series) 8 (1928), 337).

(17) Cultivation Remains . The common fields of the old parish of Kettering were enclosed by Act of Parliament in 1804 (VCH Northants ., III (1930), 219). Before this date there were three named open fields, Upper, Middle and Nether. To the W. was an area of old enclosures, with a triangular area to the N. known as Kettering Links or Cottagers Common (NRO, Map of 1727). There is ridge-and-furrow on the former but not on the latter. As most of the parish is now built over, little ridge-and-furrow remains on the ground or can be traced from air photographs, but the blocks that remain appear to be arranged in end-on or interlocked furlongs in relation to the relief, with the ridges usually running across the contours, e.g. Bull Pool Furlong and the adjoining block to the N. (SP 877764), and the blocks in the old enclosures (centred SP 857780; J. Bridges, Hist. of Northants ., II (1791), 241).

The date of the enclosure of the common fields of the old parish of Barton Seagrave is unknown, though Bridges, writing in about 1720, says that it had taken place 'above a hundred years ago' (J. Bridges, Hist. of Northants ., II (1791), 217). Traces of ridge-and-furrow on the ground or from air photographs are fragmentary. A small group of interlocked furlongs survives at SP 895773.

Part of the modern parish of Kettering was formerly part of Warkton parish. For cultivation remains, see Warkton (3). (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1925, 1244–34, 4348–55; 540/474, 4044–8, 3046–8; F21 540/RAF/ 1312, 0165–70, 0131–7; F22 540/RAF/1312, 0131–7; 541/602, 4123–6).

Midlands News: 09.07.1965: Visit of the Queen and Prince Philip to Northamptonshire

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Queen Elizabeth II visited Kentucky five times throughout her reign

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Queen Elizabeth II visited Kentucky five times during her reign as the head of the British royal family.

According to state tourism records, Queen Elizabeth II's five visits were from 1984 to 2007, with the vast majority coming in the late '80s and early '90s.

In 1984, she visited Keeneland to celebrate the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, which was the first race named in her honor. Lane's End Farm in Versailles hosted the queen during this visit.

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According to Kentucky Tourism, her second visit was to Hermitage Farm in Oldham County in May 1986.

The queen was reportedly visiting several horse farms around the Commonwealth, including to look at one of her mares at Lane's End Farm. She paid another visit to central Kentucky in 1989.

Her fourth visit was in 1991 when she watched stallions that could potentially breed with her mares. She had also visited Mill Ridge Farm.

The queen's most recent visit was in 2007 when she attended the 133rd Kentucky Derby. Lane's End once again hosted her during her trip.

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Tracing Queen Elizabeth’s steps through the U.S.

By Danielle Paquette | Sep 10, 2022

During her seven-decade reign, Queen Elizabeth II visited more than two dozen cities across the United States. She chatted with Girl Scouts, football players, presidents and Frank Sinatra . She cheered on race horses in Kentucky. She requested a ham sandwich with the crust removed in Texas. She sported a tweed skirt-suit in Yosemite National Park.

Wherever England’s longest-serving monarch went, photographers followed, capturing generations of Americans in the throes of Royal fever (and more than a few signature handbags ).

Oct. 17, 1957 | Washington

Queen Elizabeth II heads to the White House as crowd's line Washington streets to see the royal monarch.

Oct. 18, 1957 | Washington

Queen Elizabeth II accepts a doll for Princess Anne from 7-year-old Pamela Springmann during a visit at Children's Hospital.

Queen Elizabeth II and Vice President Richard Nixon tilt their heads for a better view of the oil paintings on the interior of the Capitol dome during a tour.

Oct. 19, 1957 | College Park, Md.

Co-captains of North Carolina and Maryland meet Queen Elizabeth II before the start of a game.

Oct. 21, 1957 | New York

Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a mink stole, and Prince Philip, standing next to a viewing telescope, view New York City from the observatory roof of the Empire State Building. The Queen said, "It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."

Queen Elizabeth II, in a plastic domed car, rides up lower Broadway through a shower of ticker tape and confetti during procession to City Hall.

Queen Elizabeth II addresses the United Nations General Assembly.

Her Majesty kicked off a seven-city tour of the nation’s east in 1976 with a stop in Philadelphia, where she unveiled a gift for the City of Brotherly Love: a Bicentennial Bell to celebrate 200 years of American independence from English rule. (The bell remains in storage .)

July 7, 1976 | Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip walk down the ramp of their aircraft near Washington.

July 7, 1976 | Philadelphia

Queen Elizabeth II is greeted by the Girl Scouts of America.

July 8, 1976 | Washington

Queen Elizabeth II arrives at the U.S. Capitol.

On her New York leg, Elizabeth was spotted squeezing through city throngs, underscoring the lighter security protocols of yesteryear.

July 10, 1976 | New York

Thousands surround Queen Elizabeth II as she walks from the Federal Building up Wall Street to Trinity Church with Mayor Abraham Beame.

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July 10, 1976 | Charlottesville, Va.

Queen Elizabeth II tours Thomas Jefferson's Monticello home.

July 11, 1976 | Boston

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip wave to spectators below from the balcony of the Old State House before the Queen descended to street level to address the crowd. The location is the site of the Boston massacre, an event which led to the Revolutionary War.

Elizabeth returned in 1983 for a trek through the West Coast. She visited a Southern California retirement home, led a champagne toast with then-president Ronald Reagan and absorbed the mountain views at Yosemite National Park.

Feb. 26, 1983 | San Diego

Queen Elizabeth II reviews the U.S. Marine Corps honor guard as she arrives for a State visit.

Feb. 28, 1983 | Sierra Madre

Queen Elizabeth II shares a smile with 97-year-old Sibyl Jones-Bateman after the monarch was presented with a bouquet during tour of the British Home retirement community near Los Angeles.

March 3, 1983 | San Francisco

President Ronald Reagan and Queen Elizabeth II raise their glasses in a toast during a state dinner at the M. H. de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park.

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March 5, 1983 | Yosemite, Calif.

Park superintendent Bob Binnewies points out highlights from Inspiration Point to Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Yosemite National Park.

The queen, a horse racing enthusiast, landed in Kentucky five times between 1984 and 2007, according to the Courier-Journal . She was known to turn up at horse farms, admiring the mares and foals.

May 23, 1986 | Versailles, Ky.

Queen Elizabeth II puts out her hand to her filly foal by the mare Christchurch and Alydar during a visit to Lane's End Farm.

May 27, 1986 | Lexington, Ky.

Queen Elizabeth II exchanges pleasantries with a line of Fayette County (Ky.) and Kentucky State Troopers on the tarmac as prepares to depart following a five-day visit.

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May 26, 1989 | Lexington, Ky.

Queen Elizabeth II is welcomed by a child upon her arrival during a private visit to the U.S.

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During her 1991 visit, Elizabeth addressed Congress. Lawmakers gave the monarch a standing ovation, while opponents of British occupation in Northern Ireland protested outside the Capitol.

May 14, 1991 | Washington

Queen Elizabeth II and President George H.W. Bush review the troops after the Queen's arrival at the White House.

May 15, 1991 | Washington

Queen Elizabeth II holds flowers presented to her at Drake Place, a housing project.

May 16, 1991 | Washington

Queen Elizabeth II is applauded by Vice President Dan Quayle and House Speaker Thomas Foley before her address to the U.S. Congress.

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Elizabeth’s last U.S. state visit came in 2007, when she arrived for the 400th anniversary of England establishing its first permanent North American settlement in Jamestown, Va.

She dined with then-president George W. Bush, watched the Kentucky Derby through bulletproof glass and checked out Washington memorials.

May 4, 2007 | Lexington, Ky.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip look out of the window of an SUV as they leave the Bluegrass Airport after arriving.

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May 5, 2007 | Louisville, Ky.

Queen Elizabeth II chats with Prince Philip as Susan Lucci (black hat) looks on at the 133rd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

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May 7, 2007, | Washington

President Bush smiles at Queen Elizabeth II before the start of a State Dinner at the White House.

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May 8, 2007 | Washington

Queen Elizabeth II and U.S. Park Service Director Mary Bomar walk around the National World War II Memorial during a visit by the Queen and Duke.

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May 8, 2007 | Greenbelt, Md.

Queen Elizabeth II accepts flowers from children while walking during a visit to the Goddard Space Flight Center.

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Elizabeth made her final stop on American soil in 2010 to address the United Nations General Assembly. “I believe I was last here in 1957,” she deadpanned to her New York audience.

July 6, 2010 | New York

Queen Elizabeth II leaves a wreath of flowers at the site of the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attack during her visit.

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Queen Elizabeth II speaks at the United Nations Headquarters.

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Born in Mayfair, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth), Elizabeth II would go on to become the longest reigning monarch in British history, surpassing Queen Victoria’s 63 years.

Following the death of King George VI in February 1952, then Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, would be coronated in June 1953. This came six years after HRH married Prince Philip who died in April 2021, just a couple of months shy of his 100th birthday.

In 1954, Queen Elizabeth II received a diamond wattle brooch from the Government and People of Australia on her first Commonwealth tour and visit to Australia. The Queen's first Christmas Message came in 1957 and this would become a regular feature of our Christmas Days for the many decades that followed and a tradition which will be greatly missed.

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The pair had four children: Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward between 1948 and 1964. Her first grandchild, Peter Phillips, was born in 1977, while Prince William, who would become 2nd in line to the throne, was born in 1982.

2002 marked the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, her Diamond Jubilee came 10 years later and 2022 was filled with historic Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Her Majesty visited Surrey numerous times over the course of her incredible life.

We’ve picked out a selection of photos from those historic moments in our region, including her joyous visits to the Epsom Derby.

She will be sorely missed across the country and all over the world.

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Queen Elizabeth II pictured in the Royal Box at the Epsom Derby

The Queen admires a statue of Lester Piggott

The Queen Mother and Queen Elizabeth II at The Derby

October 2015

University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine, opened by Her Majesty The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

The Queen looking at her gift

Her Majesty arriving for the Epsom Derby

The Queen sure loved her horse racing

Princess Elizabeth, as she was known then, as Junior Commander in the ATS inspecting The Motor Transport Training Centre at Camberley during the Second World War

Visit of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee Regius Professorship of Music

October 1984

Queen Elizabeth II visiting Epsom to open The Ashley Centre, a mix of shopping malls, offices, a restaurant and a new playhouse.

This was the first official visit to Epsom by a Monarch since Edward VII, although the Queen did visit privately in 1977

The Queen departing after opening the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine

The Queen's amazing variety of hats was always something to be admired

Queen Elizabeth II enjoying the races at Epsom Derby

February 1980

The Queen opening the Elmsleigh Shopping Centre in Staines

Her visits always brought about a great sense of patriotism

The Elmsleigh Shopping Centre is a modern mall featuring mainstream fashion stores, phone retailers, a bookshop and cafes

February 1981

The Queen walking through the coffee section of the international supermarket

Surrey residents young and old were delighted to catch a glimpse of Her Majesty

The Epsom Derby became a regular outing for the Queen

Queen Elizabeth II, The Queen Mother, Mary, Princess Royal, and Princess Margaret at Derby Day

Queen Elizabeth II and Lord Rosebery

Queen Elizabeth II opens the Royal Surrey County Hospital, following the transfer from its former site in Guildford's Farnham Road

This visit came just under 30 years after her coronation

Crowds waited in anticipation to greet the Queen

The Royal Surrey County Hospital is a 520-bed District General Hospital run by the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Surrey County Hospital was originally opened in 1863 before its transfer over a century later

The Queen had already been married to Prince Philip for 34 years during the time of this visit

The hospital's opening was a special moment for the county

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The Duchess of York, Princess Diana and the Queen watch on at Derby Day

There aren't many better ways to mark this occasion

The patients, nurses and other staff and guests were treated to this Royal welcome

Queen Elizabeth II did her best to cheer up the patients

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip watching the Derby horse race

One of her more recent visits came in March 2021 for The Royal Australian Air Force Memorial near Egham

The Queen was joined by the Queen Mother for this particular trip to Epsom racecourse

Prince Phillip, pictured with Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother at Epsom racetrack

Another summer's day, another Epsom visit

The Duke of Edinburgh could always be seen one step behind his wife

Surrey residents young and old were desperate to catch a glimpse of Her Majesty

The Queen pictured in very good spirits

Her Majesty The Queen visits the Runnymede Air Forces Memorial in Englefield Green, to watch the Red Arrows display team pass over head to mark the 100th anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force

The Queen always managed to brighten up her surroundings

The Queen during Derby Day at Epsom Downs

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Statement from The Mayor of Kettering Town Council, Councillor Keli Watts

Condolence Letter On The Death Of The Sovereign

As we learn of the sad news that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has passed away, the thoughts of the people of Kettering are with the Royal Family as they grieve for their Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother.

The Queen demonstrated extraordinary dedication and commitment to duty throughout her Reign and did so with a graceful strength and admirable determination. She ruled throughout decades of change, from the dark post war years through to the new horizons of the 21st century, providing essential continuity for the nation.

This is a period of public grief when people who do not know each other come together to mourn a national figure who has been consistent throughout our lives and for whom we have collective affection despite not knowing her personally.

We pass on the deepest condolences of the residents of Kettering Town Council to HM King Charles.

Yours Faithfully, Keli Watts Mayor of Kettering Town Council For and on behalf of all citizens of Kettering Town

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Looking Back at Queen Elizabeth II's Visits to NYC Through the Years

Take a look at Queen Elizabeth's visits to the tri-state area over the years.

Published September 9, 2022 • Updated on September 9, 2022 at 12:38 pm

Queen Elizabeth II passed away Thursday at the age of 96, prompting a wave of worldwide mourning and tributes for the monarch who reigned for seven decades.

During the years as head of the British Royal Family, Queen Elizabeth traveled the world many times over, including visiting the tristate area -- particularly New York City -- on numerous occasions.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II'S FIRST VISIT TO NYC (1957)

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Queen Elizabeth II visited New York City in 1957 -- five years after her accession to the throne when she was just 25 years old. The queen was met with a motorcade and a ticker-tape parade as she traveled down Fifth Avenue. It was during this Royal Tour that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited the top of the Empire State Building. ( The building lit up in purple and silver in honor of the queen Thursday evening. )

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During her world travels,  Queen Elizabeth made a brief trip to Connecticut as well as to New York City in July 1976 as part of the celebration of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution.

During Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to New York City, they visited the New York Stock Exchange and managed to squeeze in a visit to Bloomingdale's. She was even named an honorary citizen of the city.

Documentation of the visit is maintained by the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum.

On the night of Friday, July 9, 1976,  Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, set sail on the HMY Britannia from New York to New Haven .

The  New York Times website  has a story from the Associated Press from July 11, 1976, which says 50,000 people lined the docks, streets and the airport in New Haven for a glimpse of the queen’s 40‐minute visit.

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S 2010 VISIT INCLUDES TRIBUTE TO 9/11 VICTIMS

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh's 2010 visit to New York City was the culmination of an 8-day tour of Canada. A day before heading back to England, the queen addressed the United Nations. Before this, she last addressed the UN in 1957.

The queen's trip was an emotional one, as Her Majesty and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh visited Ground Zero and paid their respects to the lives lost during the 9/11 terrorist attacks and laid a wreath at the site of the World Trade Center.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh also visited The British Garden in Hanover Square located in the Financial District. The garden stands as a memorial memorial to the British who died at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

Two years later, the garden was renamed "The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden, Inc.” as the memorial for all the Commonwealth victims of the 9/11 attacks and honoring Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee.

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Forty Years: The Historic State Visit of The Queen to the Vatican

Forty years ago, on 17 October 1980, Queen Elizabeth II made history as she became the first British Monarch to make a state visit to the Vatican. The visit was seen as a chance to forge relations between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church.

The Queen, who was accompanied by her husband the Duke of Edinburgh, dressed in a long black taffeta gown in line with Vatican protocol. The Pope welcomed Her Majesty and the Duke for what was described as a “warm and relaxed visit.”

Trumpets sounded and the royal procession moved slowly along the corridor into the Clementine Hall. The Queen and the Duke were then welcomed by John Paul II at the door of his private library. Following her meeting, the Queen opened her speech with assurances of good will and sincere friendship.

Private talks followed during the Queen’s visit. She was presented with a facsimile of the manuscript of Dante’s Divine Comedy with its illustration of the Order of the Garter in the time of Edward IV. In return, the Queen gave the Pope a book about Windsor Castle by St John Hope and two signed photographs.

Following the private conversation, the Queen and the Duke met with the Pope’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Casaroli, at the home of the British Minister to the Holy See, Mark Heath.

Two years later, the Queen would invite the Pope to England but it was made clear it would not be a State Visit but, a visit “to the Roman Catholic community in Great Britain where some four million of my people are members of the Roman Catholic Church.”

“We support the growing movement of unity between the Christian Churches throughout the world and we pray that your Holiness’s visit to Britain may enable us all to see more clearly those truths which both unite and divide us in a new and constructive light.”

In response, the Pope welcomed the opportunity saying:

“I render homage to the Christian history of your people, as well as to their cultural achievements. The ideals of freedom and democracy, anchored in your past, remain challenges for every generation of upright citizens in your land.”

In the years following, Pope John Paul II and the Queen would continue to build their friendship. In 1982, the Pope made a historic visit to Buckingham Palace and, in 2000, the Queen returned to the Vatican to mark the 20th anniversary of their first meeting.

The Pope said of their relationship: “Relations between the United Kingdom and the Holy See have not always been untroubled; long years of common inheritance were followed by the sad years of division. But in recent years there has emerged between us a cordiality more in keeping with the harmony of earlier times and more genuinely expressive of our common spiritual roots.”

Pope John Paul II died on Saturday 2 April 2005 after he failed to recover from a throat operation. The Prince of Wales attended his funeral after postponing his wedding to the Duchess of Cornwall by 24 hours to attend.

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When Queen Elizabeth Visited Boston: Redcoats, the Royal Wave and American Cheering

British soldiers dressed in the red coats that were infamous during the time of the american revolution stood once again by massachusetts' old state house when the queen visited in 1976, by asher klein • published september 8, 2022 • updated on september 8, 2022 at 4:14 pm.

In her long time on the throne of the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth II visited Boston once, for an event marking a very crucial event in American history.

For her third visit to the United States, Elizabeth attended the Bicentennial ceremonies in 1976, and ended her trip where the country began: in Boston.

Images from the time show her smiling as she walked through the streets with then-Mayor Kevin White. British soldiers dressed in the red coats that were infamous during the time of the American Revolution stood once again by Massachusetts' Old State House.

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Tens of thousands of people came out to see Elizabeth and Prince Philip, The Boston Globe reported at the time.

"Everytime the queen smiled or let free one of her white gloved hands, barely bending the wrist fluttering regal waves, people responded in turn with beaming smiles, prolonged applause and an occasional American, but very un-British cheer," Robert Rosenthal and Nick King wrote.

But there were protests as well. As British soldiers marched in review past City Hall, demonstrators held up signs. Some read, "England: Get out of Ireland NOW!" and "No surrender to British imperialism."

Elizabeth was being remembered Thursday around the U.S. and the globe after her death at the age of 96. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu shared an image of the monarch in City Hall, which was then just seven years old, and called her an inspiration for her "grace & steadfast leadership."

Boston mourns the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, whose grace & steadfast leadership have inspired generations around the world. Our hearts are with her family, loved ones & the people of the UK. pic.twitter.com/d8YG7sRYTN — Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 (@MayorWu) September 8, 2022

Elizabeth would make six trips to the United States in her 70-year reign. During the visit for the bicentennial, when she was 50 years old, she also stopped in Philadelphia, New York City, Charlottesville, Newport and Providence.

American's Bicentennial Celebration was a national party marking 200 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. At a state dinner at the White House, Elizabeth and President Gerald Ford shared a dance.

After Boston, the queen traveled to Canada, where she opened the Montreal Olympics.

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When and where the solar eclipse will be crossing the U.S.

A total solar eclipse will grace the skies over North America on Monday, one of the most hotly anticipated sky-watching events in recent years.

Weather permitting , millions of people in Mexico, 15 U.S. states and eastern Canada will have the chance to see the moon slip between Earth and sun, temporarily blocking the sun’s light .

The total solar eclipse will be visible along a “path of totality” that measures more than 100 miles wide and extends across the continent. Along that path, the moon will fully obscure the sun, causing afternoon skies to darken for a few minutes.

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In all other parts of the continental U.S., a partial solar eclipse will be visible, with the moon appearing to take a bite out of the sun. Exactly how big a bite depends on the location.

The first spot in North America that will experience totality on Monday is on Mexico’s Pacific coast at around 11:07 a.m. PT, according to NASA .

After moving northeast across Mexico, the eclipse’s path travels through Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Slivers of Michigan and Tennessee will also be able to witness totality if conditions are clear.

In Canada, the eclipse will be visible in parts of southern Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton, at the eastern end of Nova Scotia.

The timing of the eclipse and the duration of totality varies by location. Most places will experience around 2 minutes of darkness, but the longest periods of totality are typically in the center of the eclipse’s path.

This year, the longest stretch of totality will last 4 minutes and 28 seconds in an area northwest of Torreón, Mexico.

Below is a list of timings for some U.S. cities along the path of totality, according to NASA .

• Dallas: Partial eclipse begins at 12:23 p.m. CT and totality at 1:40 p.m. CT.
• Idabel, Oklahoma: Partial eclipse begins at 12:28 p.m. CT and totality at 1:45 p.m. CT.
• Little Rock, Arkansas: Partial eclipse begins at 12:33 p.m. CT and totality at 1:51 p.m. CT.
• Poplar Bluff, Missouri: Partial eclipse begins at 12:39 p.m. CT and totality at 1:56 p.m. CT.
• Paducah, Kentucky: Partial eclipse begins at 12:42 p.m. CT and totality at 2:00 p.m. CT.
• Carbondale, Illinois: Partial eclipse begins at 12:42 p.m. CT and totality at 1:59 p.m. CT.
• Evansville, Indiana: Partial eclipse begins at 12:45 p.m. CT and totality at 2:02 p.m. CT.
• Cleveland: Partial eclipse begins at 1:59 p.m. ET and totality at 3:13 p.m.
• Erie, Pennsylvania: Partial eclipse begins at 2:02 p.m. ET and totality at 3:16 p.m. ET.
• Buffalo, New York: Partial eclipse begins at 2:04 p.m. ET and totality at 3:18 p.m.
• Burlington, Vermont: Partial eclipse begins at 2:14 p.m. ET and totality at 3:26 p.m. ET.
• Lancaster, New Hampshire: Partial eclipse begins at 2:16 p.m. ET and totality at 3:27 p.m.
• Caribou, Maine: Partial eclipse begins at 2:22 p.m. ET and totality at 3:32 p.m. ET.

Other resources can also help you figure out when the various phases of the eclipse will be visible where you live, including NationalEclipse.com and TimeandDate.com .

If you plan to watch the celestial event, remember that it’s never safe to look directly at the sun, including through binoculars, telescopes or camera lenses. Special eclipse glasses are required to safely view solar eclipses and prevent permanent eye damage.

Denise Chow is a reporter for NBC News Science focused on general science and climate change.

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Cameron, on U.S. Trip, Takes a Risk and Meets With Trump

David Cameron, the British foreign secretary, said he spoke with Donald Trump, the former, and possibly future, president, about Ukraine and the Israel-Gaza conflict.

By Mark Landler

Reporting from London

When Britain’s foreign secretary, David Cameron, went to Washington on Tuesday, he made all the usual stops, from the State Department to Capitol Hill. But it was his pilgrimage to Palm Beach, Fla., where he met former President Donald J. Trump for dinner on Monday evening at Mar-a-Lago, that grabbed most of the attention.

Mr. Cameron is the first top British government official to meet with Mr. Trump since he left the White House. His visit — ostensibly to cajole Mr. Trump into backing additional American military aid to Ukraine — attests to Mr. Trump’s influence over a far-right faction of House Republicans who have been holding up a vote.

It also underscores how the electoral calendar is affecting political dynamics on both sides of the Atlantic. Mr. Cameron, a onetime prime minister, has emerged as almost a shadow British leader abroad, standing in for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is busy with a looming general election at home.

In traveling to meet Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mr. Cameron was reaching out to a once, and potentially future, American president — one whose jaundiced views on Ukraine are seen as the biggest hurdle to the continuation of much-needed American aid for the Ukrainian military.

“We had a good meeting,” Mr. Cameron said of Mr. Trump, while standing alongside Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken after their own session at the State Department on Tuesday. “It was a private meeting.”

Mr. Cameron said he and Mr. Trump discussed Ukraine, the Israel-Gaza conflict and other geopolitical issues, but he declined to say whether he had made any headway on convincing Mr. Trump to provide additional aid to Ukraine. He said he delivered the same message he gives to other American leaders: “The best thing we can do this year is to keep the Ukrainians in this fight.”

Mr. Trump has not commented on the dinner, which included Britain’s ambassador to Washington, Karen Pierce. His campaign issued a statement saying they discussed “the need for NATO countries to meet their defense spending requirements and ending the killing in Ukraine.” They also shared their “mutual admiration for the late Queen Elizabeth II.”

So far, Mr. Cameron’s lobbying campaign in Washington has been met with decidedly mixed results. While he said he looked forward to meetings with Republicans in the House and Senate on Tuesday and Wednesday, he was not scheduled to meet with Speaker Mike Johnson, the Louisiana Republican who is the pivotal figure in scheduling a House vote on military aid to Ukraine.

The two men last met in December, when Mr. Cameron also saw Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right Georgia Republican who stridently opposes further aid. Two months later, she lashed out at Mr. Cameron, saying he had accused Republicans of appeasing President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

“David Cameron needs to worry about his own country,” Ms. Taylor Greene said, adding an epithet.

At his news conference with Mr. Blinken, Mr. Cameron acknowledged that he viewed his visits to Capitol Hill with “great trepidation,” noting that, “It’s not for foreign politicians to tell legislators in another country what to do.”

Mr. Cameron played down the Mar-a-Lago meeting, saying it was routine for senior British and American officials to meet opposition candidates. As prime minister, he noted, he met with the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, when he came to London on a fund-raising trip. Mr. Blinken met the Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer, at a security conference in Munich.

Still, there is little routine about meeting a former president at the Palm Beach estate that served as his winter White House and is still his political bastion. Mr. Trump used Mar-a-Lago for summit meetings with foreign leaders like President Xi Jinping of China . More recently, he welcomed a like-minded leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary .

Among Republicans, a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago has at times been an exercise in political validation. Kevin McCarthy, the former House speaker, went there three weeks after the attack on the Capitol in January 2021, in a fruitless bid to win Mr. Trump’s favor. Allies like Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor, and Kari Lake, the Arizona TV anchor-turned-politician, are regular visitors.

Diplomats in Britain said Mr. Cameron’s visit was a risk, but characteristic of how he has approached his job from the start. On issues from Ukraine to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, he has pushed the envelope in his public statements. With Britain’s Conservative government lagging Labour by double digits in the polls and facing voters in the fall, some said Mr. Cameron had little to lose.

“Flattering Trump about his importance and significance on this issue is an astute move on Cameron’s part,” said Simon Fraser, a former head of Britain’s Foreign Office. “Let’s see whether it delivers.”

Mr. Fraser predicted that Mr. Cameron’s visit would get a mixed reception in Britain: applauded by those who view it primarily through a foreign-policy lens; criticized by those, he said, “who can’t stand Trump.” But he said Mr. Cameron’s entree to Mr. Trump spoke to his network of global contacts, a legacy of his time as prime minister.

“He’s bringing more reach and energy and impact to British foreign policy,” Mr. Fraser said.

Leslie Vinjamuri, the director of the U.S. and Americas program at Chatham House, the British research institution, said, “It may not feel tasteful, but it’s shrewd, pragmatic politics of the kind Britain especially has historically been so good at, and probably of the kind that will work best with Trump.”

“There is a lot at stake in U.S. defense of Ukraine and Europe’s security,” she added, “and frankly, I think the effort to influence the U.S. may be wiser and more effective than the aspiration to Trump-proof Europe.”

Mr. Cameron has had a bumpy history with Mr. Trump. In 2016, as prime minister, he condemned Mr. Trump’s campaign proposal to place a temporary ban on allowing Muslims to enter the United States.

Asked in Parliament whether Mr. Trump should be banned from Britain, Mr. Cameron demurred but said, “His remarks are divisive, stupid and wrong, and I think if he came to visit our country, I think he’d unite us all against him.”

Even Mr. Cameron’s welcoming of Mr. Romney in 2012 had its awkward moments. Mr. Romney, who had organized the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, questioned whether London was ready to play host to the summer games, citing reports about security concerns.

“We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world,” Mr. Cameron shot back. “Of course, it’s easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere.”

Maggie Haberman contributed reporting.

An earlier version of this article misstated the year of the Winter Olympic Games that Mitt Romney had organized in Salt Lake City. It was the 2002 Games, not 1988.

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Remembering 11 times Queen Elizabeth II visited Dorset as nation mourns monarch

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited Dorset many times during her reign

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The Queen has passed away aged 96 this afternoon (Thursday, September 8), Buckingham Palace has confirmed. In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.

"The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow."

Since before her coronation in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II has attended thousands of occasions at locations around Britain and the Commonwealth. The monarch has visited Dorset many times, both before and after becoming Queen, including the ten occasions listed below.

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1948 – ‘Proud of the regiment’

Princess Elizabeth inspected Dorset soldiers bound for Africa on February 5, 1948, when she visited cavalry regiment the 16th/5th Lancers in her capacity as their Colonel-in-Chief.

“I am proud indeed to be identified with a name so respected,” the princess said after inspecting the men at Lulworth Camp.

In 1954, following Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, the regiment was renamed 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers.

It was amalgamated with other regiments in 1993 to form the Queen’s Royal Lancers, and again in 2015 to form the Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeth’s Own).

They are the reconnaissance regiment of the 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade, operating the new General Dynamics Ajax AFV.

1952 – Shaking hands with a shepherd

The new Queen met Dorset shepherd George Sturmey on a visit to the region in July of 1952 and, in a rare break with royal protocol, shook the local man’s hand.

Other stops on the 1952 tour included the regimental depot of the Dorset Regiment and the summit of Maiden Castle, Dorchester.

Residents lined the streets in their thousands, waving flags and streamers, to see the new monarch’s motorcade pass by.

1959 – HMS Eagle

In April of 1959 Queen Elizabeth and her son, Prince Charles, returned to Dorset to see the recently constructed aircraft carrier HMS Eagle .

Commissioned in 1943, construction of the Audacious -class vessel was eventually postponed until after the Second World War.

The ship, along with her sister vessel HMS Ark Royal , was then the largest aircraft carrier ever built. They took part in the first ever NATO naval exercise in 1952.

Our photograph shows the Prince of Wales, then aged just ten, taking a final look from the royal train as it pulled out from Weymouth.

Audacious -class ships were superseded by the Queen Elizabeth -class carriers (named for Queen Elizabeth I) in 2014.

1991 – With grandson Peter Phillips

The Queen attended Port Regis School near Shaftesbury during February of 1991 when her grandson Peter Phillips, son of Princess Anne, was being educated there.

The schoolboy showed her and the Duke of Edinburgh a burglar alarm which he made in a class project – a foreshadowing of his future working for engineering firms Jaguar and Williams.

The minor royal hit headlines in March of this year, when police questioned him over a trip from Gloucestershire to Aberdeenshire to see a friend, despite lockdown restrictions.

But he was cleared of any breach of the rules after officers accepted that he was actually on a business trip for a firm called XL medical.

1997 – Inspecting a tank

Queen Elizabeth II visited Bovington Tank Museum in May of 1997.

There she was shown the cutaway interior of a Centurion, one of Britain's most successful armoured vehicles.

The monarch is Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Tank Regiment and was in Bovington to observe soldiers in training.

Her grandsons, Princes William and Harry, would train with the same regiment in the coming decades, in preparation for their military service.

The Centurion was produced until the 1960s and saw British service right up to Operation Desert Storm in 1991.

They have been sold to more than a dozen countries and are still operated by South Africa, where they are known as the Olifant AFV.

Perhaps most memorably, the Queen took a ride on a 1920 Rolls Royce Armoured Car (pictured above) during her tank museum visit.

In 2020 the vehicle was still working on its 100th birthday.

1998 – A prince’s pet project

When the Queen travelled to Dorset in May of 1998 it was to see Poundbury, a new town and a pet project of her son Prince Charles.

The Prince of Wales had endorsed the construction of the urban extension to Dorchester within the Duchy of Cornwall, which he owned.

Designed by architect Léon Krier, Poundbury was intended as a lowrise living space in the New Urbanist style, restoring traditional architecture and discouraging car use.

It is currently home to around 6,000 people, providing work for 2,000 in more than 180 businesses, and is due to be fully constructed by 2025.

Her Majesty also officially opened Dorset County Hospital and met with staff. hospital bosses and members of the public. The hospital shared online: "We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty The Queen.

"We were honoured to have Her Majesty officially open our hospital in 1998 and know that many people have fond memories of that day. We offer our heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family at this difficult time."

2004 – HMS Invincible

The Queen visited Dorset twice in 2004. On the first occasion, in April, it was to see the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible at Portland Bill.

There she spoke with Captain Trevor Soar, who would later become an admiral and served as Commander-in-Chief of the fleet from 2009 to 2012.

Australia planned to buy HMS Invincible – renamed as HMAS Australia – in 1982, but the Falklands war saw the ship continue to sail under a British flag.

The sale was cancelled in 1983, so that Britain could maintain a three-carrier force in the face of international threats to overseas territories.

2004 – Another kind of boat

The Duke of Edinburgh accompanied the monarch to Dorset in July, for the inspection of a new RNLI training centre in Poole.

They were photographed on the stern of the Annettee Hutton, the last of the Trent -class lifeboats to go into service.

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The RNLI College prepares willing lifeboat volunteers from across the UK and Ireland to become able crew members on its vessels.

It’s also a hotel, conference venue, wedding venue and event venue, as well as “a home from home for our family of supporters”.

2009 – Big fan of tanks

The royal couple returned to The Tank Museum in Bovington during June to open the museum’s £16.5 million redevelopment.

This included a brand new tank arena, where guests were treated to a live display of armoured manoeuvres.

The monarch and Duke of Edinburgh also met chairman of trustees Sir Roger Wheeler and museum director Richard Smith, before enjoying a two-course lunch at its restaurant.

It was just one in a long line of royal visits to Dorset, which the Queen has made over decades as part of her diligent service to the citizens of her realm.

2016 - Back to Poundbury

In 2016 the Queen was back in Poundbury, her son Charles' pet project.

She was there to unveil a statue of the Queen Mother, outside a pub named after Prince Charles' wife, the Duchess of Cornwall.

The square is now called Queen Mother Square.

But the visit also included the Queen wandering the aisles of Poundbury's Waitrose supermarket (pictured at the top of this article).

The sight of Her Majesty browsing the shelves is perhaps the most surreal yet of her Dorset visits.

And that's saying something after she took a ride on an armoured car!

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