Prince Philip, 99
Interesting that on Friday morning it’s the franco media that have the biggest headlines on the death of Prince Philip at 99 years old. The Gazette notes that Philip visited Quebec more often than his wife did, and Andy Riga looks at the declining popularity of royal visits here over the decades.
PatrickC 15:26 on 2021-04-09 Permalink
I can remember lining up in uniform with my Dominion Douglas Wolf Cub pack on a Westmount street in 1959, to salute the Queen as her motorcade went by. Union Jacks everywhere, and lots of veterans wearing their medals. We really were inside the Empire bubble, even though at the same time I was attending a francophone public school in a very different cultural bubble, with flags of blue and white only.
Kate 10:40 on 2021-04-10 Permalink
The only connection I was ever made to have with royalty was the Brownie oath, “I promise to do my best, to do my duty to God, the Queen, and my country, to help other people every day, especially those at home.”
I was a terrible Brownie.
Tee Owe 13:10 on 2021-04-10 Permalink
My sister was a Brownie so from her I know Dyb Dyb Dyb Dob Dob Dob (hope I have that right). If you forget about God and Queen then I think you are being a wonderful blog-Brownie – please keep it up.
Mark Côté 21:34 on 2021-04-10 Permalink
Thankfully modern Girl Guides have excised most of that language (as well as becoming generally progressive).