SYDNEY, N.S. — Emma Francis will forever cherish the up-close and personal moment she shared with Queen Elizabeth II during the late monarch’s last visit ...
Seven-year-old Emma Francis shares a moment with Queen Elizabeth II after she presented the monarch with a flower bouquet at an ecumenical service at Centre 200 during the 1994 royal visit. Now 35, Francis has fond memories of her moment with royalty. - Nova Scotia ArchivesSYDNEY, N.S. — Emma Francis will forever cherish the up-close and personal moment she shared with Queen Elizabeth II during the late monarch’s last visit to Cape Breton.
“It was lovely to be able to give her flowers. It’s a very fond memory that I’ll keep forever. I do remember that she was very sweet. I don’t really remember if she actually said anything but her smile was absolutely beautiful.” Mayann Francis, no relation to the aforementioned Emma Francis, served as Nova Scotia’s Lieutenant Governor from 2006 to 2012. She was born and raised in Sydney’s Whitney Pier community, which was then one of the most ethnically-diverse neighbourhoods in Canada.
“I would say that Her Majesty was someone who was quite open and accepting of diversity of differences in colour, differences in gender,” said Francis, who resides in Halifax and was the first Black woman, and second woman, to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. “I had a great chat with her and when I introduced my wife Ann to her she looked at Ann and said ‘I have a daughter named Anne’, she was very gracious. When you were talking with her it was if she was talking to you alone. She was very easy to speak with. She made me very comfortable.
“I’ll never forget that – the two girls came in and said “hello, Canada’,” said Burke, who at 98 is one of the last surviving members of the Cape Breton Highlanders who served in the Second World War.
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