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'''[[File:PrincessMargaret.jpg|thumb|right|340x250px|Princess Margaret escorted to lunch by Mayor William T. Walker at the Lady Beaverbrook Residence. UA PC 3; Item no. 15a.]]Date(s) of occurrence:''' 28 July 1959
Date(s) of occurrence:''' 28 July 1959'''[[File:PrincessMargaret.jpg|thumb|right|340x250px|Princess Margaret escorted to lunch by Mayor William T. Walker at the Lady Beaverbrook Residence. UA PC 3; Item no. 15a.]]


'''Significance:''' 
'''Significance:''' 


'''Summary of event:''' Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, dined with the Lieutenant-Governor and his wife in the [[Lady_Beaverbrook_Residence|Lady Beaverbrook Residence]], making her the second sovereign to dine in the mens' residence - her father being the first during his Royal tour of Canada in 1939. Her sister, the Princess Margaret, also dined in the residence during her [[Royal_Visit_1958|visit in 1958]].
'''Summary of event:''' Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, dined with the Lieutenant-Governor and his wife in the [[Lady Beaverbrook Residence|Lady Beaverbrook Residence]], making her the second sovereign to dine in the mens' residence - her father being the first during his Royal tour of Canada in 1939. Her sister, the Princess Margaret, also dined in the residence during her [[Royal Visit 1958|visit in 1958]].


'''Notes:'''
'''Notes:'''

Revision as of 13:47, 7 August 2014

Date(s) of occurrence: 28 July 1959

Princess Margaret escorted to lunch by Mayor William T. Walker at the Lady Beaverbrook Residence. UA PC 3; Item no. 15a.

Significance: 

Summary of event: Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, dined with the Lieutenant-Governor and his wife in the Lady Beaverbrook Residence, making her the second sovereign to dine in the mens' residence - her father being the first during his Royal tour of Canada in 1939. Her sister, the Princess Margaret, also dined in the residence during her visit in 1958.

Notes:

Source(s):

  • UNB Scrapbook, July - December 1959 (UA RG 100), Daily Gleaner, 29 July 1959.


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