Royal Visits to Jamaica

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are on an Official Visit to Belize, Jamaica and The Bahamas this week, as part of a series of Tours around the Commonwealth to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The Royal Family have made numerous visits to Jamaica over the past seven decades, so thus we are featuring the Royal Visits to Jamaica!

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#RoyalFlashback | The Queen presided over the Jamaican State Opening of Parliament during her month-long Tour of the Caribbean in 1966! #RoyalTourCaribbean

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The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh began their 6-month Commonwealth Tour in the Caribbean in November 1952, which made Jamaica the second territory visited by the newly Crowned Queen. The Queen and Duke paid a visit in 1966, during an extensive Tour of fifteen Commonwealth Realms and Crown Colonies. The Queen has since visited in 1975 (for CHOGM), 1983, 1994, and 2002, for her Golden Jubilee.

Princess Margaret at the races in Kingston during the Royal Tour of the Caribbean in Jamaica 1955 pic.twitter.com/Fm72y0L3Na
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Princess Margaret sensibly attired on official duties in Jamaica takes me to Rihanna's frock & the ongoing ban on sleeveless tops & bare shoulders in public spaces, in defiance of GoJ guidelines. We can blame many things on the Brits, but the policing of women's dress is on us. pic.twitter.com/GyNULO3F0u
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#royal #flashback "Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden and British Ambassador in Jamaica at Independence celebration greeting architect of Kingston Sheraton and his wife August 8th, 1968. pic.twitter.com/6W4mQwr5iW
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Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret 🇬🇧 arriving at Gordon House in August 1962 to open the first parliament of Jamaica, later reading Queen Elizabeth's speech.

59 years onwards, a vibrant democracy & a resilient people.

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Princess Margaret first visited Jamaica in 1955, on an extensive Tour of the Caribbean Realms and Territories, and then returned in 1962, for the most important Royal Visit of all: when she presided over the Independence Celebrations, which included a variety of glittering evening events, for which the Princess wore her Turquoise Parure, the Halo Scroll Tiara, and the Lotus Flower Tiara.

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The Prince of Wales joined the Princess Royal and the Duke of Edinburgh on Holiday in Jamaica in 1966, which included rafting, Polo and the 8th Commonwealth Games, at which the Duke represented the Queen. The Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips visited Jamaica as part of their Honeymoon Tour in 1973. The Prince and Duchess of Cornwall made an Official Visit to Jamaica in 2008, during a wider Caribbean Tour.