[ad_1] 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 indifferent to the visit…
[ad_1] 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 some Caribbean member states…
[ad_1] 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 of Feb. 6, 1952,…