State visits to Brunant

State and official visits are formal visits by heads of state and government to Brunant. The Their Majesties (the royal couple) are the hosts to the foreign visitors, whereupon they engage in a number of formal and ceremonial activities.

Protocol and activities
Prior to World War II, official visitors would be received by a small yacht or barge alongside their ship, welcomed by a military representative and some member of the government. They would be taken to shore, where the monarchs would receive them. By the mid-1950s, a few world leaders traveled by airplane, after which the Cape Cross airfield was expanded to an airport. By the 1960s, all leaders would fly in to Cape Cross (later Van Draak International Airport), where they would be welcomed by their respective ambassador, the External Affairs minister and some representative of the royal house, before taking a train to Koningstad to be welcomed by Their Majesties.