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Queen Elizabeth II's history with Dorset

Getty Images The Queen smiling during a visit to Bournemouth Pier in 2004 (Photo by Pool/Tim Graham Picture Library/Getty Images)Getty Images
The Queen smiling during a visit to Bournemouth Pier in 2004

People from across Dorset have paid their respect to Queen Elizabeth II following her death.

The Queen visited Dorset on several occasions during her reign.

Her last visit was on 27 October 2016 for the unveiling of a statue of the Queen Mother in Poundbury.

She visited the county many other times, including in 1991, when she visited Port Regis School in Shaftesbury with grandson Peter Phillips.

At the time he was a pupil at the school.

Here we take a look back at Her Majesty's time in the county.

PA Media Queen Elizabeth II on the summit of Maiden Castle, ancient earthwork dating back to the late Stone Age and early Bronze Age (about 2,000 B.C) during her visit to the Hardy country in Dorset. With the Queen is Professor R.E.M Wheeler (centre left), the archaeologist who is working on the excavations seen in the picture.PA Media
Queen Elizabeth II on the summit of Maiden Castle in 1952
Getty Images Queen Elizabeth II watches Victualling Officer B.R, Hailstone issuing the rum ration during her visit HMS Eagle at Weymouth, 29th April 1959Getty Images
Queen Elizabeth II during her visit at HMS Eagle in Weymouth on 29 April 1959
Getty Images Queen Elizabeth II visits Port Regis School in Shaftesbury, Dorset, with grandson Peter Phillips, 23rd February 1991Getty Images
Queen Elizabeth II at Port Regis School in Shaftesbury with her grandson Peter Phillips on 23 February 1991
Getty Images The Queen Visiting Poundbury In Dorset in 2008. Sir Robert Fellowes At Bottom Of Staircase And Wearing Glasses) (Photo by Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)Getty Images
The Queen visiting Poundbury in Dorset in 2008
JONATHAN BRADY Queen Elizabeth II visits Sherborne Abbey as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour, in Sherborne, Dorset, Britain, 01 May 2012JONATHAN BRADY
Queen Elizabeth II visiting Sherborne Abbey as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour in May 2012
Getty Images The Queen, Accompanied By The Duke Of Edinburgh And The Duke Of Kent During A Walkabout Before Formally Opening The Royal National Lifeboat Institution's First Lifeboat College In Poole, Dorset.Getty Images
The Queen during a walkabout before formally opening The Royal National Lifeboat Institution's First Lifeboat College in Poole in 2009
WPA Pool/Getty Images Queen Elizabeth II visits the Tank Museum on June 11, 2009 in in Bovington, DorsetWPA Pool/Getty Images
Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to the Tank Museum in Bovington on 11 June 2009
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