Queen Elizabeth II only visited Croatia once, back in 1972, when the country was still part of Yugoslavia. Archive images show the Queen at the city’s main station, Glavni kolodvor, where she had arrived by train from the wine-producing centre of Đakovo.
Over the course of her five-day official visit, accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip and her daughter, Princess Anne, the Queen also went to Dubrovnik, Pula and the Brijuni islands.
In Zagreb, the Queen was greeted with an official ceremony at which the British, Yugoslav and Croatian anthems were played. She then toured the city in an open-top car and chatted with a couple of locals on her walkabout.
After an official dinner at governmental offices, the Queen went to the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences (HAZU), where she offered her positive impressions of Zagreb and Croatia in general, and made comparisons between the proud maritime heritage of Croatia and Great Britain.
Earlier this year, to mark the 70th anniversary of the occasion, HAZU reproduced details from the visit and the text of the Queen’s speech on that day.