Word: queenly
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Both Britians and Canadians and regarded the trip with apprehension. "The Queen must not come," warned the Toronto Telegram weeks ago. In London, the Times voiced its alarm that "an innocent life is at stake," while the tabloid Daily Mirror nervously raised "the spectre of a second Dallas." Prime Minister Mike Pearson accurately described such talk as extravagant and extreme. Yet this week Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, who can normally expect a warm welcome almost anywhere in the world, begins an eight-day visit to Canada - and no one can be sure of her reception...
...first visit as Queen in 1957, Britain's Elizabeth was lustily cheered. Now she is coming to mark the 100th anniversary of the beginnings of Cana dian confederation, and there lies the trouble. In the last few years, the long-smoldering antagonism between English and French Canadians has erupted in bitter, open division. Centered in the province of Quebec, French Canadians are in revolt against what they regard as a century of British domination; they demand a stronger voice in federal affairs and greater provincial autonomy. A small but growing number wants to split Canada into separate nations...
Most French Canadians abhor such lunatic-fringe suggestions. But many are nonetheless prepared to give the Queen a cool reception. In Quebec last week the 300,000-member St. Jean-Baptiste Society, a highly nationalistic group, urged French Canadians to "give the authorities unequivocal evidence of their discontent by staying home...
Whether they do or not, the Cana dian government has laid on the most extensive security precautions in Canada's peacetime history. The Queen will visit only three cities: Charlottetown on English-speaking Prince Edward Is land, the Quebec capital of Quebec City, and the federal capital at Ottawa. As she sails up the St. Lawrence River aboard the royal yacht Britannia, frog men will check the hull for mines at every stop. During parades, she will ride in a closed, bulletproof limousine, and in Quebec City a fleet of armored riot-control trucks awaits...
...further precaution, the Queen's itinerary includes only two major public appearances: a children's rally in Charlottetown and a wreath-laying at Ottawa's National War Memorial. Beyond that, the Queen will attend 18 invitation-only functions, deliver two nationally televised addresses...