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Royal Spring: The Royal Tour of 1939 and the Queen Mother in Canada
Royal Spring: The Royal Tour of 1939 and the Queen Mother in Canada
Royal Spring: The Royal Tour of 1939 and the Queen Mother in Canada
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Royal Spring: The Royal Tour of 1939 and the Queen Mother in Canada

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A beautiful and nostalgic look at the royal tour that captured a generation — the first visit of a reigning monarch to Canada. This six week visit from the Atlantic to the Pacific and back again (with a short excursion to the United States) enthralled a young nation.

Fifty years ago, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrived at Quebec City to tour "the senior daughter of the dominions". This is a fond recollection of those few magic weeks and the outpouring of affection for the new king and his beautiful wife. Filled with contemporary pictures and anecdotes, this book captures the feeling of the times with a look at the way Canadians reacted to seeing their sovereign: the formal and informal photographs, the speeches and tributes, the advertising art, the menus for formal dinners, the music and poetry composed for the event.

The second section of the book chronicles the King and Queen’s other visits to Canada before and after that epochal visit. The King was here as a young man. The Queen Mother has been to Canada many times since 1939, and in a moving speech at Queen’s Park in Toronto in 1979 reflecting on the tour she said "I lost my heart to Canada and Canadians…."

Royal Spring includes an 8-page section on the most recent and golden anniversary visit — July 1989.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherDundurn
Release dateJan 1, 1989
ISBN9781459713529
Royal Spring: The Royal Tour of 1939 and the Queen Mother in Canada
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Arthur Bousfield

Arthur Bousfield edited and published the periodical Monarchy Canada for many years. He is the author and editor of many books, articles, and reviews on the Crown, and lives in Toronto.

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