Monarchy of Kenya

Monarchy of Kenya
Coat of Arms of Kenya

Queen Elizabeth II of Kenya
Details
Style	Her Majesty
First monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Last monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Formation	12 December 1963
Abolition	12 December 1964
Residence	United Kingdom Buckingham Palace Kenya Government House
Appointer	Hereditary

The Monarchy of Kenya (the Kenyan monarchy) was the system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign of Kenya from 1963 to 1964. Kenya shared the Sovereign with the other Commonwealth realms. The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Kenya. The royal succession was governed by the English Act of Settlement of 1701.

The monarchy was abolished in 1964, when Kenya became a republic within the Commonwealth.

History

The Monarchy of Kenya was created by the Kenya Independence Act 1963 which combined the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya into the independent sovereign constitutional monarchy of Kenya. Kenya adopted a new constitution in 1964 which abolished the monarchy.

List of monarchs

Portrait	Name	Birth	Death	Monarch from	Monarch until	Consort	Heir apparent
House of Windsor
	Queen Elizabeth II	21 April 1926		12 December 1963	12 December 1964	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	Charles, Prince of Wales

Titles

Titles
Elizabeth II 12 December 1963 – 1963/64 By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith 1963/64 – 12 December 1964 By the Grace of God, Queen of Kenya and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth

Visits

1952 (6 February)
1972 (26 March)
1983 (10–14 November)
1991 (7 October)

References