UAE and UK relationship over the years - in pictures
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Sheikh Zayed arrives at Heathrow Airport in London at the start of his first official visit to Britain on June 10, 1969. Getty Images -
Queen Elizabeth II leads Sheikh Zayed, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, through Buckingham Palace, London, on June 13, 1969. Getty Images -
Sheikh Zayed, Queen Elizabeth II, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed and Prince Philip in Abu Dhabi, 1979. Getty Images -
Queen Elizabeth II with Sheikh Zayed during her visit to the UAE in 1979. Photo: Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, vice chairman for the Abu Dhabi Authority for Cultural Affairs and adviser to the Ministry of Presidential Affairs -
Queen Elizabeth II during her UAE visit in 1979. Photo: Ramesh Shukla -
The queen during her official visit to the UAE in 1979. Photo: Ramesh Shukla -
The inauguration of Le Meridien in Abu Dhabi with Queen Elizabeth II and Sheikh Zayed in 1979. Photo: Le Meridien Abu Dhabi -
Queen Elizabeth II and Sheikh Zayed on the latter's visit to England in 1989. Photo: Centre for Documentation and Research -
Sheikh Zayed and UK Prime Minister Edward Heath at the Dorchester Hotel, London, June 16 1969. Getty Images -
Queen Elizabeth II at a lunch at Al Mushrif Palace hosted by Sheikh Khalifa, President of the UAE. Photo: Ian Jones -
Queen Elizabeth II with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid at Emirates Palace on November 25, 2010 in Abu Dhabi during her state visit to the Middle East. Getty Images -
Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Emirates Palace with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, for the unveiling of Zayed National Museum on November 25, 2010. Andrew Henderson / The National -
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, on November 24, 2010. Andrew Henderson / The National -
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa arrives in Windsor for a state visit to the UK as the guest of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Photo: Ian Jones -
Queen Elizabeth II with Sheikh Khalifa and Prince Phillip on the Royal Dais in Windsor, as Sheikh Khalifa began a state Visit to the UK in 2013. AP Photo -
Queen Elizabeth, Sheikh Khalifa and Prince Philip leave after the inspection of the Guard of Honour at Windsor Castle. AP Photo -
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Force, with Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, at Clarence House on December 10, 2020 in London. Getty Images -
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces , stands for a photograph with Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prior to a meeting at No 10 Downing Street on December 10, 2020. Ministry of Presidential Affairs -
British Prime Minister David Cameron greets the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed at 10 Downing Street on October 16, 2014 in London. Getty Images -
Queen Elizabeth ll inaugurates the Dubai World Trade Centre in 1979 as part of her tour of the UAE. Here she is appointing the Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. The honour is conferred on people holding positions of authority. Tim Graham / Getty Images -
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (left) is seen on the occasion of the inauguration of Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, while Queen Elizabeth is delivering speech in the presence of Sheikh Rashid be Saeed Al Maktoum and Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum on February 25, 1979. National Archives -
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II sits beside Sheikh Rashid Bun Saeed Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, right, on the Sheikh's new dhow, as they are taken on a sightseeing tour of Dubai, on February 26, 1979. AP Photo -
Sheikh Zayed with Prince Charles, Princess Diana and Zaki Nusseibeh, Abu Dhabi, 1989. Photo: Zaki Nusseibeh. Courtesy of the Akkasah Centre for Photography -
Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair welcomed by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, upon arriving at Abu Dhabi airport, December 19, 2006. AFP -
British Prime Minister Tony Blair meets President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed on December 19, 2006, in Abu Dhabi. AFP
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