Queen marks Bermuda anniversary
The Queen will fly to Bermuda to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the island's settlement by the British.
The overseas territory will welcome the monarch and the Duke of Edinburgh for a three-day tour that will mark the anniversary with cultural events and a major church service.
The royal couple will also travel to Trinidad and Tobago later this week where Commonwealth leaders will gather for their biennial conference.
The Queen will officially open the meeting where the heads of state meet informally to discuss global political and economic issues.
There was speculation that a royal visit to mark the 400th anniversary was in doubt after a diplomatic row erupted between Bermuda and Britain over the arrival of former Guantanamo Bay detainees on the islands earlier this year.
The deal to allow the four men, who are Chinese Muslim Uighurs, to be transferred to the British Overseas Territory was agreed between America and the Bermudan government without consulting British officials. The Queen's visit to the territory comes 56 years to the day since she first travelled to the remote Atlantic outcrop on November 24 1953.
It was the first stop on a major tour of the Commonwealth that began that year following her coronation five months earlier.