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

• Author: Arthur Bousefield
• Published Date: 01 Jan 1989
• Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
• Book Format: Paperback::96 pages
• ISBN10: 155002065X
• ISBN13: 9781550020656
• Publication City/Country: Toronto, Canada
• Filename: royal-spring-the-royal-tour-of-1939-and-the-queen-mother-in-canada.pdf
• Dimension: 215.9x 279.4x 6.35mm::353.8g

Perhaps, he thought, a bit of royal pomp and circumstance might help alter public opinion. So he passed the usual diplomatic channels and wrote directly to George VI, inviting the king and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, to visit the United States after their scheduled tour of Canada in 1939. 19 May 1939. In early May 1939, King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth sailed from England on the Empress of Australia bound for Canada on a month-tour of North America. It was the first visit a reigning sovereign to Canada, for that matter to any overseas Dominion. At some points, residents in the province have offered a rapturous welcome to members of the Royal Family. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrived to a warm reception when they started their As the dark shadow of Nazism swept across Europe, two women kept the flame of hope alive in the hearts of the British people. The Queen Mother and the young Princess Elizabeth were shining When you hear the term "royal wedding," Prince be the first couples who spring to mind. But what about Queen Elizabeth II day belonged to her mother and was known as Queen Mary's Finest Hour 135, Summer 2007 Page 50 The Queen and Mr. Churchill When Churchill, still Prime Minister and nearing the age of eighty, looked upon the Queen