Queen Elizabeth visits Hong Kong for the last time in 1986 – from the SCMP archive
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On this day 40 years ago, Queen Elizabeth reassured Hongkongers of their future on her second and final visit to the city
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SCMP Published: 3:50pm, 21 Oct 2026
This article was first published on October 22, 1986.
‘Our thoughts will always be with you’: Queen confident on HK future
Hongkong gave Queen Elizabeth a warm and enthusiastic reception yesterday (October 21, 1986) when she arrived for her long-awaited visit.
And in return she gave the people a message of confidence in the future.
Fresh from her triumphant tour of the mainland, the Queen told a welcoming ceremony in City Hall that the Sino-British agreement over Hongkong’s future had made possible her trip to China, the first by a British sovereign.
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