Chief Perry Bellegarde said it was important for Indigenous people to witness the coronation due to their treaty relationship with the Crown.
“What better person to head up the Commonwealth than somebody who’s already doing that?” Bellegarde said in an interview near Buckingham Palace. “To me, that’s hope for the future.”
From left, Jeremy Hansen, Governor-General of Canada Mary Simon, Whit Fraser, Prime Minister of Canad Justin Trudeau, and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau arrive at the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on May 6, 2023 in London, England.Outside of that delegation, other attendees from Canada included musicians from the Regina Symphony, who were playing in a coronation orchestra.
Lynne Paterson had also draped her small tent with flags. The Toronto resident said she’d got her love of the royals from her mother, “who must have owned 60 books” about the family. The Ontario government organized a flag-raising ceremony, 21-gun salute and drum circle followed by a “fun royal fair” at Queen’s Park in Toronto.
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