The 1960s - the decade of pop culture, hippies, the Vietnam War and widespread student unrest - provided a less certain backdrop to the Queen's visits and tours, and notes of dissent crept in. The royal couple were criticised at home for participating in a tiger hunt in India in 1961,  and in 1964 the Queen found herself being booed in Quebec City by Quebec separatists.

Nevertheless, the royal couple continued to charm and impress their hosts. The Duke played polo in Lahore during the visit to the Indian sub-continent, while the Queen gamely rode on an elephant. She is pictured taking part in a costume parade in Karachi, Pakistan, in 1961. Later in 1961 they visited Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia.

But arguably the most successful visit in the 1960s was that to West Germany in 1965. In Berlin, huge crowds cheered the Queen and chanted "Elisabet, Elisabet". She planted a tree hoping that "this one will be symbolic of a new chapter of understanding and co-operation between our two countries."

The Queen's State Visits and Commonwealth Visits: 1960s

20 January 1961 Cyprus (refuelling)
21 January - 1 February 1961 India
1-16 February 1961 Pakistan
16-26 February 1961 India
26 February - 1 March 1961 Nepal, visiting King Mahendra
1-2 March 1961 India
2-6 March 1961 Iran, visiting Shahanshah Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlari
2-5 May 1961 Italy, visiting President Gronchi
5 May 1961 Vatican City, visiting Pope John XXIII
23 November 1961 Liberia, visiting President Tubman
25 November - 1 December 1961  Sierra Leone
3-5 December 1961 Gambia
30 January - 1 February 1963 Canada (refuelling in Edmonton and overnight stop in Vancouver)
2-3 February 1963 Fiji
6-18 February 1963 New Zealand
18 February - 27 March 1963 Australia (ACT, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, NSW, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia)
28 March 1963 Fiji (refuelling)
29 March 1963 Canada (refuelling in Vancouver`
5-13 October 1964 Canada (Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ottawa)
1-8 February 1965 Ethiopia, visiting Emperor Haile Selassie
8-12 February 1965 Sudan, visiting President Dr. El Tigani El Mahi
18-28 May 1965 Germany, visiting President Lübke
1 February 1966 Canada (refuelling in Newfoundland)
1 February 1966 Barbados
2 February 1966 Mustique (private)
4-5 February 1966 British Guiana
7-9 February 1966 Trinidad
10 February 1966 Tobago
11 February 1966 Grenada
13 February 1966 St. Vincent
14-15 February 1966 Barbados
16 February 1966 St. Lucia
17 February 1966 Antigua (private visit)
18 February 1966 Dominica
19 February 1966 Montserrat
20 February 1966Antigua
21 February 1966 Antigua (private visit)
22 February 1966 St. Kitts
22 February 1966 Nevis
23 February 1966 British Virgin Islands (Tortola, Beef Island, Virgin Gorda)
25 February 1966 Turks and Caicos Islands (Grand Turk, South Caicos)
26 February 1966 Conception Island (private visit)
27-28 February 1966 The Bahamas (Nassau)
1 March 1966 Conception Island (private visit)
3-6 March 1966 Jamaica
9-13 May 1966 Belgium, visiting King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola
29 June - 5 July 1967 Canada (Centennial celebrations and EXPO at Montreal)
14-17 November 1967 Malta
5-11 November 1968 Brazil, visiting President da Costa e Silva
11-18 November 1968 Chile, visiting President Frei
5-10 May 1969 Austria, visiting President Jonas

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