As Oman developed economically and constitutionally (Vision 2020 in 1995 and the Basic Law in 1996), the relationship with Britain continued to widen and deepen. Following the exchange of State Visits senior members of the Royal Family became regular visitors to the Sultanate as did Ministers, leaders of the armed forces, business people, academics and specialists in many fields; the number of British travellers and tourists also increased steadily. The Prime Minister, John Major noted during HM The Sultan’s private visit to Britain in 1992 “The Sultan is a very senior ruler in the region and I very much value the advice and assistance that we receive from him on so many matters."
Defence Secretary Tom King MP in audience with HM Sultan Qaboos, 1991
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh with HMA Sir Terence Clark and HE Salem Al Ghazali, Minister of Commerce and Industry at a trade exhibition in Muscat, 1992
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh with HMA Sir Terence Clark on a desert picnic , 1992
Prime Minister John Major greets HM Sultan Qaboos at Chequers (the Prime Minister’s country residence) during HM’s private visit to Britain, July 1992
HH Sayyid Thuwaini bin Shihab greets Prime Minister John Major on arrival in Muscat, January 1993
Sir Wilfred Thesiger re-visits Salalah with Salim bin Kabina 1992. They had made their first crossing of the Empty Quarter in 1946
HRH The Prince of Wales on a private visit, 1993
HMA Sir Terence Clark presents certificates to participants in the British Scholarships for Oman scheme first launched in 1985
Tim Eggar MP, Minister for Energy and HE Maqbool bin Ali Sultan Minister for Commerce and Industry jointly chair the Energy Technical Exchange
British 'old friends' attend the 1994 National Day
HM Sultan Qaboos called for support for tolerance and progress in the Islamic world
Terrace of the old British Residence just before closure, late 1994
Douglas Hurd MP Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and HE Yousef bin Alawi open the new British Embassy
Construction of the new Residence at Al Rowda completed in January 1995
First Queen’s Birthday Party celebrations at the new Residence, April 1995
First Queen’s Birthday Party celebrations at the new Residence
HM Sultan Qaboos receives HRH The Prince of Wales at the Salalah Palace, October 1995
HRH The Prince of Wales visiting the British School Salalah, October 1995
Group portrait of the dinner given in honour of HM Sultan Qaboos by the Duke of Wellington at Apsley House in London, 1996
Former British commanders meet at the British Ambassador’s Residence during National Week 1996
Left to right: Maj. Gen Jeremy Phipps, Commodore John Gunning, Air Vice Marshal Sir Erik Bennet, Major General Ken Perkins, Liwa Alec McKenzie, Maj. General The O’Morchoe, Rear Admiral Hugh Balfour
Oman British Friendship Association (OBFA) business delegation meeting before talks with British counterparts on board HMY Britannia, London July 1997
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh on board HM Yacht Zinat Al Bahr
Visiting as President Emeritus of the World Wide Fund for Nature in March 1997; far left HH Sayyid Shabib bin Taymour Al Said, far right Sayyida Tania bint Shabib Al Said
Sir Roger Cork, Lord Mayor of London with Oman Chevening scholars past and present, February 1997
Defence Secretary George Robertson meeting SAF Service Commanders, 1997