Washington to Yosemite: the Queen’s check outs to the United States throughout the years– in images

Princess Elizabeth offers a quick talk at a press reception in Washington DC on 31 October 1951 Photograph: Anonymous/AP Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip stroll down the actions of the Capitol Building on 5 November 1951 Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty Images Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip smile as President Harry Truman provides a speech and Gen Harry Vaughan searches, in Washington DC on 5 November 1951 Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty Images Eagle Scout John Rowsey of Arlington, Virginia, sits next to the Queen in Washington DC on 19 October 1957 Photograph: Charles Gorry/AP The Queen at the Maryland-North Carolina college football video game in Maryland on 19 October 1957 Photograph: AP The Queen shakes hands with Dwight Eisenhower at the White House in 1957 Photograph: PhotoQuest/Getty Images The Queen and Richard Nixon, then vice-president, in Washington DC on 20 October 1957 Photograph: GB/AP The Queen gets to the Empire State Building in New York City on 21 October 1957 Photograph: Newsday LLC/Newsday/Getty Images The Queen addresses the UN general assembly on 21 October 1957 Photograph: Anonymous/AP The Queen at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 6 July 1976 Photograph: Anonymous/AP Gerald Ford dances with the Queen at a ball at the White House on 7 July 1976 Photograph: Photo 12/ Universal Images Group/Getty Images The Queen welcomes a jazz artist in New York on 9 July 1976 Photograph: Anwar Hussein/Getty Images The Queen strolls up Wall Street to Trinity church in New York City on 10 July 1976 Photograph: J Walter Green/AP Mayor Kevin White accompanies the Queen in Boston, Massachusetts, on 11 July 1976 Photograph: Boston Globe/Getty Images The Queen and Prince Philip in Boston on 11 July 1976 Photograph: AP The Queen and Prince Philip sign up with Nancy Reagan throughout a red carpet occasion in Los Angeles, California, on 27 February 1983 Photograph: George Rose/Getty Images The Queen looks inside the Apollo 14 command module, a spaceship that went to the moon in February 1971, throughout a trip in Downey, California, on 28 February 1983 Photograph: Anonymous/AP Ronald Reagan chuckles as the Queen offers a speech in Los Angeles in 1983 Photograph: Eddie Sanderson/Getty Images The Queen, Dionne Warwick and Frank Sinatra throughout a celebration in Hollywood on 28 February 1983 Photograph: John Shelley Collection/Avalon/Getty Images Alleyn Davis provides the Queen with an arrangement at St Paul’s church in San Diego, California, on 1 March 1983 Photograph: John Shelley Collection/Avalon/Getty Images The Queen, Prince Philip, Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan posture for a picture at the Reagans’ cattle ranch, Rancho Del Cielo, north of Santa Barbara, California, on 2 March 1983 Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty Images The Queen goes to the Hewlett Packard factory in California on 3 March 1983 Photograph: David Levenson/Getty Images The Queen takes a look at the views at Inspiration Point in the Yosemite national forest on 5 March 1983 Photograph: Anwar Hussein/Getty Images The Queen checks a filly foal throughout a see to Lane’s End Farms in Versailles, Kentucky, on 24 May 1986 Photograph: Amy Sancetta/AP The Queen and Barbara Bush listen as George HW Bush speaks throughout a tree planting event on the South Lawn of the White House on 14 May 1991 Photograph: Dpa Picture Alliance/Alamy Members of the Oakland Athletics baseball group shake hands with George HW Bush, the Queen and Barbara Bush in Baltimore, Maryland, on 15 May 1991 Photograph: Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images Dan Quayle, then vice-president, and Tom Foley, then speaker of your home, praise as the Queen participates in a joint session of Congress on 16 May 1991 Photograph: Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images The Queen and Prince Philip fulfill Nasa astronaut Mike Foale in Houston, Texas, on 20 May 1991 Photograph: Walt Frerck/AFP/Getty Images The Queen, Prince Philip and others leave the Capitol on 20 May 1991 Photograph: CQ Archive/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images The Queen gets flowers from well-wishers at the Virginia state capitol in Richmond on 3 May 2007 Photograph: Joe Mahoney/AP
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