The great of the Earth met by Elizabeth II in 70 years of reign

On February 6, 2022, Queen Elizabeth celebrated the 70th anniversary of her reign. Since the day of the death of his father, George VI, there have been many encounters with the great of the Earth: from Churchill, to Pope John Paul II, passing through Nelson Mandela and many others

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Although his reign begins on February 6, 1952, the official coronation dates back to June 1953. That year, the British Prime Minister is Winston Churchill (photo)

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In 1957 here is the meeting with the then President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower, at the White House

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Four years later, in 1961, the meeting with John F. Kennedy at Buckingham Palace

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The same year, Queen Elizabeth meets Pope John XXIII in the Vatican

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In 1970 comes the meeting with Richard Nixon at Checkers, the country residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

In 1976, however, the meeting between Elizabeth II and the US president Gerald Ford, in the White House

The following year the Queen of England hosted the new US president at Buckingham Palace: Jimmy Carter

In 1980 comes the meeting with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. The pontiff will see the Queen again in 2000, again in the Vatican, on the occasion of the Jubilee

In 1983 here is the meeting in Santa Barbara (California) between Queen Elizabeth and Ronald Reagan, the new president of the United States for two years

In 1986, at Windsor Castle, the Queen received the King of Spain Juan Carlos I and his wife Sofia

In 1983, still in Windsor, Elizabeth II meets Mikhail Gorbachev, then general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

In 1991 it was the turn of the meeting with the president of the United States, George Bush, in Washington

The following year, in Paris, Queen Elizabeth met the French president François Mitterand

The historic meeting between the Queen of England and the South African leader dates back to 1995 Nelson Mandela, in Cape Town

In 1996, at Windsor Castle, Elizabeth II received Jaques Chirac, French president

In 1998 he arrived at Buckingham Palace instead the Japanese emperor Akihito

Also at Buckingham Palace, in 2000, there is the meeting between the Queen and Bill Clinton, then president of the United States

The same year, the Queen went to Rome, to the Quirinale, where she met the then President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Ten years after meeting George Bush Sr, in 2001, in London, Queen Elizabeth receives George W. Bush, new president of the USA

In 2003, however, the Russian leader arrives at Buckingham Palace Vladimir Putin

The following year, again at Buckingham Palace, here is the meeting with Kofi Annan, then secretary general of the United Nations

In 2008, however, the meeting at Buckingham Palace with the German chancellor Angela Merkel

In 2010, in Edinburgh, the meeting between Queen Elizabeth and Pope Benedict XVI

In the same year, the meeting with the King of tennis, the Swiss, was held in Wimbledon Roger Federer

In 2011, Queen Elizabeth receives the President of the United States at Buckingham Palace, Barack Obama

In the same year and in the same place, he is the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to be received by the Queen of England

In 2014, however, Elizabeth II went to Rome to meet Pope francesco. This is the Queen’s first trip out of the UK since 2011

On that occasion, the Queen of England also met the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, at the Quirinale

In 2015, however, he is the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella to go to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen

In 2017, many years after his father Juan Carlos, he is Felipe V of Spain, with his wife Letizia, to be received at Buckingham Palace

In 2018, however, at Windsor Castle, the Queen of England meets the president of the United States, Donald Trump

In December 2019 it was Queen Elizabeth who received the reception at Buckingham Palace the great ones of the Earth gathered for the 70th anniversary of NATO