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The King's Trip: George VI visits Oba, Ontario

Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
12 years ago
1,919 posts

We recently discovered royalty lurking at the back of a family photo album. Yes, that's George VI & Queen Elizabeth.

I can just imagine my grandmother asking them to please hold still while she adjusts her camera and takes the picture!

For more details & pictures see my post:

The King's Trip: George VI visits Oba, Ontario




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updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 06 Oct 2016 06:13:32AM
MariaAntonia Barenhaut
@margaret-maria-lady-verney
12 years ago
125 posts

Oooh this is very interesting! I do love my royals:) <3

Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
12 years ago
1,919 posts

Thanks Louise Adelaide!

I love them too so it was quite a pleasant surprise to find them smiling back at me.

I also learned more about the 1939 royal tour of North America.Had notrealized it was the first visit of a reigning monarch to Canada.




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Marie-Amelie de Tancarville
@marie-amelie-de-tancarville
12 years ago
65 posts

Cool pic! Looks quite new and arty. Great find!

MariaAntonia Barenhaut
@margaret-maria-lady-verney
12 years ago
125 posts

There's a fabulous story, about the Queen Mother :)

Two canadian men were having an arguement, one said "Well she was born in Scotland, so I saw she is Scottish" and the other said "But she lives in England, so I say she's English". And they argued and argued over it, until she arrived, and when she did, they asked her, and she said

"Gentlemen, I am canadian"

I think it's a fab story :P

Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
12 years ago
1,919 posts

What a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing it :)

One thing that struck me about the pictures is how relaxed and happy they look. Maybe they were just amused by the people in Oba :)




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Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
12 years ago
1,919 posts

Thanks!

The original photos are actually quite small so what you see here is a result of the scanning (which enlarged them) and a bit of playing around to get the images as clear as possible.

Fortunately the royal couple came out quite well as they were in the middle. I like how you can pick out at least three RCMP officers on the right hand side by the shape of their hats :))




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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site