page_title: List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II
section_title: 1950s
hierarchical_section_title: List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II / 1950s
caption_attribution_description: English: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visiting Bermuda on November 24-25, 1953
context_page_description: Queen Elizabeth II became Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952. Since then, she has toured the Commonwealth of Nations widely. She has visited all member states except Cameroon and Rwanda. Her first foreign tour was before her accession when she accompanied her parents to the countries of Southern Africa in 1947.
  Tours of the British Islands are excluded from the list below.
caption: Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visiting Bermuda in 1953
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