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From the millions of words i facing the w r o n g way for a d-meten about the character and presentation ceremony in Van "(personality of Elizabeth II, tlit couver, Elizab e t h smilingly picture emerged of a fuilda‘ about - faced with an unstudied mentally serious person. \'l\'a ga'ety w clous a'nd unrestrained in pri : A Canadian with frequent op- " Vite but as inflexibly royal as ‘ portunitics of meeting royalty '

Queen Victoria or Queen Marv I said he was impressed by the ir matters affecting the dignity warmth and gaiety of her char

" "6f . lzicter. He felt that just as the She prepared carefully for ; lighthearted Side of Princess‘ every task. Those who witnes IMargaret was too often stress-j Oh the solemn coronation ce led at the expense of her more}

rimony in W e s t mlnist e v . serious side, so Elizabeth‘s ear i Abbey, June 2. 1953, were imv . nestncss tended to be remarde l pressed by her air of intense : upon to the exclusion of other

concentration. her obvious dP-I‘qllalliIPS. She was ‘surprisingg

. 3‘ termination to perf o r m the fly gay and vivacious" in small I w complicated, age - old ritual in I groups. with no hestitat i on} 6‘ letter . perfect fashion. | about letting her hair down. I .d Afterw a rd 5 she laughing- I Another Canadian was struck | h. Iy agreed with the Archbishop f by her forcefiilness. Accusto—i '_ 1 of Canterbury, Dr. Geoff re y l med to thinking of her as a smi. l * Fisher, that she had made one i ling. dutiful figureliead, he was i” (tiny slip in the six - hour cere~ ‘ surprised by her strength of‘ h mony, but few besides Dr. Fis- ' character. ; a" her noticed "t. Cyril Hankinson. editor of 'm At first theyoung Queen seer Debrett's Peerage, told a re- ' _ med so int e nt on d 0 ing the porter the Queen never allowed . “I right thing that some felt s h o her tremendous responsibilit- . 3" showed a constraint bordering i'es to overwhelm her. He said u Ion uncertainty. Soon she be-‘she reminded him of Victoria. m - came more sure of herself, and I who overnight seemed to ( the ‘strictly business" attitude | endowed with the qualities of " s‘ ' gave way to a greater compos- ‘ queenship. i h ' ure. Perfectionist though 5 h e The Archb i s hop of Canter- “ tended to be. she occasionallyibury. asked for an impression, cl delighted onlookers by impul- said: w '1“ gestures; “1 think the higgest thing , A mammoth children’s greeting will be given a One 'occaSion that captivated the innate. effortless dignity Queen Elizabeth H and prince Philip at the o Siii‘tadiﬁnié’if"rhh‘iﬂﬁhiéﬁl Q‘r‘fi‘ i‘i‘o‘ﬁﬁvshaiéimms °"’”‘ Charlottetown Dnving Park on Wednesday of the 8‘ ' b ‘ ‘ ' Royal \isit. Several Boy Scout and Girl Guide I It 0 :1 Children to meet e I l: .5 v Queen Wednesday 1‘ j -- v A children's rally on Wednes- Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Orford. a day i‘orenoon at the Charlotte- Charlottetown: Karen Birch, e ‘town Driving Park will be a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don- S highlight of the royal visit in aid Birch. Summerside, gold Charlottetown. cords. and Carol Ferguson. dau- " Karen Newson. daughter of l gm“ M Mr- and Mr5~ J-R~ Fer 1- Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Newson, gusono Montague- 3" around : Charlottetown. will present Her cogdr t d to be pre emed Ma'estv with a hen net of flow- CO“ aw” 5 5 1' I. em] Karon is an 0qu patient of are: James Stright, .son of Mr. ' , the Provincial Rehabilitation and Mrs- Herb 5mg“ 51”?“ Centre mer5ide; Lawrence MacInnis. : ‘ WILLIAMS FLORISTS starters";Strait- l ‘ fr $5113: Guxdes and three son of Mr. and Mrs. R a l p h : Prince St. Charlottetown ; Guides ,0 be presented are. lggfgéicﬂftague. Queen Scout ‘ ‘Heather Orford. daughter of E. h ‘ .1 _ 1 ig teen boys and gir 5, rep

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also be presented. Singing by the children will be directed by Christopher Gledhill, director of Music for P.E.I.

The band of the 2nd Battalion. The Canadian Guard will be in attendance and in case of bad weather. the program will be held in the coliseum.

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Elizabeth here in 1951

Queen Elizabeth II was only a Princess in November 9. 1951. but she became Queen of the hearts of the Island people dur- ‘ ing her visit of one day on the . Island at that time.

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by Her Majesty. Rep- resentatives of each Regional High School in the province will be presented to her.

ning of the 9th of November and

schedule, departing during the evening of the same day.

The Royal visitor arrived by train. was greeted by the Lieu- tenant- Governor, Premier, Ma- yor and their wives and after inspecting an RCAF Guard of Honor, visited the historic Cos- federation chamber in the Pro- vincial building. There the Princess received the presenta-

tion at the More ol the leg- islature and their wives. signed tho tor and was welcomed by the premier and spoke brief by from the balcony of the Pro- vincial Building.

by the Mayor councillors and their wives at City Hall; attended a private e House luncheon which was followed by a tour of the Experimental Station on the Mount Edward Road where she saw fox and min-k ranches and planted an oak tree.

She watched a period of hoc- key at the Charlottetown Forum during the niternoon

During the evening. the royal couple attended a government dinner at the Charlottetown Ho~ tel and the gathering was ad- dressed by His Royal Highness. the Duke 0! Edinburgh. Following the dinner. a fare- well by officials was held at the Railway Wharf, bringing the one day visit to a close as the couple departed aboard the cruiser EMCS Ontario.

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