 On 6 February 1952, following the death of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth II began her return to the United Kingdom on one of EAA's newer aircraft, a DC–3 with registration VP-KHK.She was carried from Nanyuki to Entebbe, where she connected with a BOAC aircraft.This event marked EAA as being the first airline not based in the United Kingdom to carry a reigning monarch.