Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign began not long before General Abdel Nasser became president of Egypt, and ended just months before the Arab world was due to host its first World Cup in Qatar – the 19th tournament to take place when she was queen. While Elizabeth II visited Libya and Sudan in 1954 and 1965 respectively, it wasn’t until 1979 that she did her first state tour of the Arab world. The three-week trip saw her visit the six Gulf states: Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE a