The Queen has made a three day state visit to Germany accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh. This was the Queens fifth state visit to Germany, the last being in 2004. They arrived on Tuesday 23 June and departed on Friday 26 June. Both Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have ancestral ties to Germany, the Queens being through Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband. Prince Albert was from the German House of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Queen Victoria was the last Monarch in the House of Hannover, a German house. It was ever said that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert spoke German around their household. Prince Philip, after rejecting his regal titles of Greece and Denmark, took on the surname of his mother, Mountbatten, which originated from the very German name Battenburg. On Wednesday, The Queen met the German Chancellor Angela Merkel then laid a wreath at Germany's Cental Menorial for victims of war and dictatorship. Later on that day, the Queen with the Duke attended the 50th anniversary of the Queens Lecture at Berlins Universitybof Technology. That night, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh attended a State Banquet at Bellevue Palace hosted by President Gauck. On Thursday HM and HRH visited St. Paul's Church where they met people from the local community then later on in the day, they attended a Garden Party hosted by the British Ambassador. On Friday The Queen and The Suke of Edinburgh visited The Bergen-Belsen memoria site before bidding the local community farewell and then leaving for the UK. ⚠️DISCLAIMER⚠️ All images from the That were taken during the State Visit are from royal.gov.uk, the official website of the British Monarchy. Thanks for Reading!!
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