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.
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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.
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.
9. Memories of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth visiting Portsmouth
Queen Elizabeth talks to a young girl during the Commercial Road walkabout in June 1977 Photo: The News archive
10. Memories of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth visiting Portsmouth
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philips visit to Portsmouth on the 11th July 1980. Photo: The News archive
11. Memories of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth visiting Portsmouth
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
12. Memories of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth visiting Portsmouth
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) Photo: The News archive