Prince Charles, Camilla Visit Ottawa, Montreal

Source: The Canadian Press

Posted: 11/10/09 10:06AM

Filed Under: Canada

Prince Charles arrives at Ottawa International Airport on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pawel Dwulit
Prince Charles arrives at Ottawa International Airport on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pawel Dwulit

Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, were in the national capital Tuesday, where they will spend the last few days of their Canadian tour.

They were to meet with Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff in Ottawa.

The royal couple also planned spend a few hours in Montreal, where they were slated to meet Premier Jean Charest and visit the headquarters of Cirque du Soleil.

Quebec, where the Queen herself has been jeered at by protesters, was seen as the one place where Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, might hit a rough patch. A Quebec radical sovereigntist group — the Réseau de Résistance du Québécois — had warned the Prince of Wales to stay out of the province or face demonstrations.

The couple arrived in Ottawa on Monday night after attending an outdoor ceremony in CFB Esquimalt, near Victoria, marking the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Canadian navy.

Charles was awarded a second clasp to his Canadian Forces Decoration medal in recognition of his 32 years of honorary service as colonel-in-chief of the Royal Canadian Regiment.

The couple wrap up their 11-day coast-to-coast visit on Thursday when they return to England.

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