A shekara ta 1965, duk da haka, Firayim Ministan Rhodesia, Ian Smith, a cikin adawa da tafiye-tafiye zuwa mulkin rinjaye, ya bayyana 'yancin kai yayin da yake nuna "aminci da sadaukarwa" ga Elizabeth. Ko da yake Sarauniya ta kori shi a hukumance, kuma al'ummar kasa da kasa ta yi amfani da takunkumi a kan Rhodesia, mulkinsa ya tsira fiye da shekaru goma. Yayin da alaƙar Birtaniya da tsohuwar daularta ta raunana, gwamnatin Birtaniya ta nemi shiga cikin Ƙungiyar Tarayyar Turai, burin da ta cimma a shekarar 1973. A watan Fabrairun 1974, Firayim Ministan Birtaniya, Edward Heath, ya shawarci Sarauniya ta kira babban zaɓe a tsakiyar tafiyarta a kan Pacific Rim, yana buƙatar ta dawowa.
shekarun 1960 da 1970