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'''Date(s) of occurrence:'''[[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.]] 28 July 1959
'''Date(s) of occurrence:'''[[File:Queen1959.jpg|thumb|right|289x400px]] 28 July 1959


'''Significance:''' First visit as Queen Elizabeth II.
'''Significance:''' First visit as Queen Elizabeth II.


'''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 J. Leonard O'Brien 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]].


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Latest revision as of 12:22, 21 August 2015

Date(s) of occurrence:

Queen1959.jpg

 28 July 1959

Significance: First visit as Queen Elizabeth II.

Summary of event: Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, dined with the Lieutenant-Governor J. Leonard O'Brien 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.

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Source(s):

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


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