With flags and fancy hats, Canadians join the crowds ahead of King Charles III's coronation
LONDON - Canadians were joining the crush of jubilant royal fans who were converging on London on Friday, ahead of the firstFlag-draped tents were lined three deep along the road to Buckingham Palace as royal fans from all over the world donned fancy hats and plastic crowns, sipped champagne and took photos with cardboard cutouts of King Charles.
“King Charles is the King of Canada and it was very important for me to be here because I think that in my lifetime this is the onlyShe said the scene outside the palace was “like a party,” with a safe and celebratory feel.coronationThe occasional thundershower didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd, although it didn't do much to improve the appearance of the cardboard cutouts of King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort.
Futher down, Lynne Paterson had also draped her small tent with flags. The Toronto resident said she'd gotten her love of the royals from her mother, “who must have owned 60 books” about the family. “There was no chance in the world I I would wake up and get a call from the CEO saying, 'are you interested in going to aThe Indigenous members of Canada's delegation include the leaders of the Assembly of First Nations, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the Metis National Council, who were granted a rare audience with the King on Thursday.
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