Queen Elizabeth II visited Trinidad and Tobago three times in 1966, 1985 and 2009.
The Queen visited from 7 to 10 February 1966.
She also visited on the 1st to 3rd November 1985 as part of Caribbean Commonwealth Tours. And 26th to 28th November 2009 to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009.
She and her consort, Prince Philip, were welcomed by tens of thousands of citizens.
They were greeted on the wharf by the governor-general, Sir Solomon Hochoy, Lady Hochoy, Eric Williams and his daughter Erica.
She travelled around the country, laying a wreath on the Cenotaph, visiting the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, driving through San Fernando, and attending a rally of schoolchildren at Queen's Park.
On 8 February, Elizabeth opened the new session of parliament the first reigning monarch to do so. In her speech from the throne she outlined the government's plan for 1966.
She prayed that God would give the strength and steadfastness to the government and the nation to keep the path they had freely elected to pursue.
Trinidad and Tobago Carnival was scheduled for a fortnight later, but the people staged a preview for the royal couple. Some of the performers represented historical characters, and Elizabeth was reportedly amused by a man dressed as King Henry VIII.
Later, she said, "if this is just a preview sample the real thing must be fabulous".
Queen in T&T. The dress she wore at a state banquet
On 10 February, Elizabeth and Philip went on a 20-mile state drive in the island of Tobago, during which they visited Fort George, and saw the entire western section of the island. They had a buffet lunch at the Crown Point Hotel and in the afternoon attended a garden party at the Governor-General's Tobagonian residence. In the same evening, they left the country in the royal yacht for Grenada.
A set of four stamps were released to commemorate the Queen's first royal visit to the country in 1966.
In 2009, she called upon Commonwealth leaders to adopt Trinidad and Tobago’s national motto in order to find consensus on burning issues such as climate change, during their deliberations over the Commonwealth heads of Government Meeting at the Hyatt Regency in Port-of-Spain.
She also attended a banquet hosted by President George Maxwell Richards at President's House.
Queen in T&T
Queen in T&T
Queen in T&T
Queen in T&T