Charles, Camilla to visit Canada next year to mark Queen’s 60-year reign
Posted December 14, 2011 10:38 am.
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OTTAWA – The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will visit Canada next May as part of a year-long celebration leading up to the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation, the federal government announced Wednesday.
Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, will tour New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan during the trip.
Earlier in London, Buckingham Palace announced that the couple will also visit Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Prince Harry will tour Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas.
In all, top Royal Family members will be visiting more than a dozen countries where the Queen is head of state. Some will also tour Commonwealth countries.
The palace said one of the biggest trips will be Prince William and Catherine’s visit to Malaysia, Singapore, the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.
The trip will mark the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s second official foreign tour following their trip to Canada last summer.
The Queen, who was crowned in June 1953, turns 86 in April; the Duke of Edinburgh turns 91 in June. They will be travelling within the United Kingdom for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
