[1] Relations between the Philippines and the United Kingdom date to Sir Francis Drake's arrival in Mindanao in 1579 after an almost three-year circumnavigational voyage aboard Golden Hind.

[3] In 1997, after the handover of Hong Kong, Charles, Prince of Wales, made an official visit and met with President Fidel V. Ramos at Malacañang Palace.

In 2001, Prince Andrew, Duke of York visited the Philippines to attend the inauguration of the British School Manila, upon its relocation from Parañaque to Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

[5] The British Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee visited the Philippines in 1986 to express support for the new government of then-President Corazon Aquino.

[1] In 2016, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond visited the Philippines to mark the 70th anniversary of Philippines–United Kingdom diplomatic relations.

These joint projects tackle priority development concerns such as environmental resilience, food, and energy security, and health.

In addition to the UK government's response, the British public donated a further £85m through the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal.

[14][15] On 25 November 2021, a total of 3,191,040 doses of UK-donated AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in the country, in partnership with the UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO).