Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II's visits to Jersey

Queen Elizabeth II first visited Jersey as Princess Elizabeth in 1949, accompanied by her husband Prince Philip.
She was back, as Queen, in 1957, and the Royal couple made further visits in 1978, 1989, 2001 and 2005

The Queen and Prince Philip in the States Chamber in 1957

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  Equanimity - a holographic portrait of the Queen commissioned by Jersey Heritage
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  Lightness of Being - from the same sitting

1949

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  The Queen first visited Jersey in 1949 as Princess Elizabeth, three years before she came to the throne
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  Ladies College
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  A packed Royal Square
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  The Royal couple's open car is turning the corner from Peirson Road on to the Esplanade
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  Government House
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  Government House
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  Nurses in Howard Davis Park
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  St Helier Yacht Club
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  A celebration street party for the children of Columbus Street
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  The Duke of Edinburgh with St Helier Yacht Club cadets
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  Greeted at the Harbour by the Lieut-Governor's wife, Lady Grasett
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  Sark
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  Royal Square
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  A souvenir booklet published in Guernsey after the visit
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  The crowd disperses from in front of the Grand Hotel where a formal lunch was held

With Alexander Coutanche

1957

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  Bailiff Sir Alexander Coutanche met fishermen preparing for their part in the visit
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  At the top of the Albert Pier
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  Arriving at the Harbour
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  Howard Davis Park
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  Victoria Cottage Homes
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  A welcome for the Queen in 1957
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  Springfield
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  An arch erected at the end of the Albert Pier
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  Arrival on the Albert Pier
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  A gift of a cow for the Royal Herd
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  A gift of a cow
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  Guernsey
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  At Victoria College
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  Prince Philip at Government House
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  The Queen talks to Alexander Coutanche and Pere Rey at Government House
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  Victoria Cottage Homes
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  Government House
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  St Helier Harbour
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  Royal Square
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  Springfield
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  States Chamber
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  St Ouen's parish hall
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Leaving St Helier Harbour to rejoin the Royal Yacht

1978

The Royal Yacht Britannia moored offshore in 1978

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  The Queen's Rolls Royce arrives at the harbour in advance of the visit
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  Grainville
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  1978
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  A gift of wonders
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  Decorated lamp standards - this one at Cheapside - were the best Jersey could manage for the visit
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  At Le Petit Catelet
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  Opening the Public Library
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  An unscheduled bouquet presented to the Queen by Tara Hill
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  In the Royal Square
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  Menu for the lunch at Hotel l'Horizon

A painting by Ken Howard of the Queen in the States Chamber in 1978

States album

These photographs of the 1978 visit were commissioned by the States and formed part of an official album of the visit. The pictures have been reproduced in many forms over the years and the majority were previously included above on this page. We have removed duplicate pictures and present the photographs here in sequence from the Queen and Prince Philip's arrival at the Harbour through to their departure

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At Le Petit Catelet. This was the first Royal Visit of several covered by Jerripedia editor Mike Bisson during his years as a Jersey Evening Post journalist. He can be seen in the background, in front of the white marquee, in the days when he had some hair on the top of his head and suits with flared trousers were fashionable

And here he is again, arms folded on the far left, as the Queen is greeted by Lady Ereaut, wife of the then Bailiff, Sir Frank Ereaut

1989

At Mont Orgueil

John Nettles (Bergerac) meets the Queen

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  The Queen in Jersey in 1989
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  The Queen escorted by the Constable of St Helier, Fred Clarke
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  Opening the new public library
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  At Mont Orgueil
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  At Victoria College
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  Accompanied by Tourism Committee president Senator John Rothwell
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  At a cattle show
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  At the Town Church
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2001

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  A gift of mallards
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2005

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  With Bailiff Sir Philip Bailhache
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Prince Philip

These photographs, featuring Prince Philip, were taken by Jersey Evening Post photographers during the Royal visit of 1978 ...

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... and these were taken in 1983when he opened the Billy Butlin sports hall in St John

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Jersey-born and educated soldier Fletcher Cox was one of eight coffin bearers at the funeral of Queen Elizebeth in 2022. Fletcher is at the back of the coffin on the left of this picture