Photos: Queen Elizabeth II visits California in 1983

March 5, 1983: Queen Elizabeth II visits Yosemite National Park, accompanied by park superintendent Robert O. Binnewies. This photo was published in the March 6, 1983, Los Angeles Times.

(George Rose / Los Angeles Times)

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These Los Angeles Times photographs document parts of Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to California in February and March of 1983.

Queen Elizabeth II with President Reagan

March 1, 1983: Queen Elizabeth II and President Ronald Reagan chat at Santa Barbara airport before a visit to the Reagans’ hilltop ranch. This photo was published in the March 2, 1983, Los Angeles Times.

(George Rose / Los Angeles Times)

Queen Elizabeth with L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley

Feb. 28, 1983: Queen Elizabeth II waves to a crowd while being escorted into Los Angeles City Hall by Mayor Tom Bradley. This photo was published in the March 1, 1983, Los Angeles Times.

(Fitzgerald Whitney / Los Angeles Times)

Feb. 28, 1983: In Downey, Queen Elizabeth II and George Jeffs, president of Rockwell Aerospace, vist a display of an Apollo space capsule. This photo was publshed in an evening edtion of the Feb. 28, 1983, Los Angeles Times.

(Larry Armstrong / Los Angeles Times)

Feb. 27, 1983: During banquet at 20th Century–Fox’s Sound Stage 9, Queen Elizabeth II, center, jokes with actor Michael Caine, left. On the right is Tony Richardson and Nancy Reagan. Holmes Tuttle sits between Caine and the queen. This photo was published in the March 1, 1983, Los Angeles Times View section.

(George Rose / Los Angeles Times)

Feb. 27, 1983: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip board Air Force II in San Diego for trip to Palm Springs. This photo was published in the Feb. 28, 1983, Los Angeles Times.

(Bob Grieser / Los Angeles Times)