‘Reserved’ yet ‘powerful’ Queen Elizabeth II had a special relationship with Canada, say officials

From gently using her 'heft' through the repatriation of the Constitution, to presenting the RCMP commissioner with a hobby horse, the late monarch built a deep relationship with Canada over the course of 22 visits as Queen.

Then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau, left, sits next to Queen Elizabeth II while she signs the Constitution Act of 1982.Photograph courtesy of Robert Cooper/Library and Archives Canada

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

September 19, 2022

Canada’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ralph Goodale, who will be attending Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on Sept. 19 in London, U.K., said she was “always reserved and understated” and yet “a powerful, larger-than-life personality” who had a deep appreciation of Canada, so...

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