Royal Homecoming News and Views

This is part of the communique I received this morning from the Monarchist League of Canada regarding the three day visit of Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall. THE ROYAL HOMECOMING ~ CANADA 150  Amongst those reporting on their experiences in the next issue of CMN will be Dominion Chairman Robert Finch, Québec Chairman Francois Marquette, Montreal Chairman Karim Al-Dahdah (en français) and our member at the homecoming in Prince Edward County, Brock Weir. OVERVIEW: For now, we can agree with what many of you have told us: despite the damp weather, Charles & Camilla's tour was a success, especially the Prince's deliberate engagement with issues of concern to Canadians. The Government showed its respect for his contribution to the life of our country in creating the Prince of Wales as an Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada, and in the thoughtful and enthusiastic way it programmed his and the Duchess' itinerary in a respectful, positive light.  The League is investigating the one sore point: how it happened that Ms Oh introduced Charles as a member of "the British Royal Family" - which while true, was not the point of the presence of our future King of Canada!  Some see this is a small matter; but it should not have happened on this of all days! REPUBLICANS SHOW THEIR HAND: An interesting development was the appearance in Toronto and Ottawa of some "We don't need a King" billboards and bus ads sponsored by a small organization named Republic Now.  You will see the basic poster on its website http://republicnow.ca/   We don't think giving you the URL will cause mass defections from the League lol!   It is significant that the group apparently raised funds for the project from crowd sourcing. We're not about to panic - nor are we going to ignore an organization that appears to be capable of more imaginative action than other republican groups have displayed.  We'll be interested in your views as per the poll above, and as to the opportunities to use crowd sourcing as to which we had already tasked several members. THANK YOU TO MEMBERS and FRIENDS.. Patricia Adams (Brampton); Patsy Hennessy (Bathurst); Joanna Howard (Calgary); Roddy MacKenzie (Vancouver); Carrie Mullins (Dundas); Byron Thomas, (Georgetown), all of whom contributed recollections of meeting HM to the Toronto SUN feature of July 3, entitled "Royal Memories" -