In 1959, Queen Elizabeth II made a 45-day visit to Canada. One of CBC television’s top personalities then was Joyce Davidson; during the royal visit, she was a guest on NBC’s Today show in the United States, and was asked what she thought. “Like most Canadians,” she said, “I am …
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Prince Charles speaks during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, in Kigali, Rwanda, on June 24.Dan Kitwood/The Associated Press Commonwealth leaders settled in 2018 that Britain’s Prince Charles should succeed his mother Queen Elizabeth as head of the organization, but as they gathered again in Rwanda …
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A life-sized cutout of the Queen stands in a souvenir shop near London’s Buckingham Palace. Feb. 6 will be the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne when her father, George VI, died.TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary acceded to the throne in the early morning …
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