The man who would be King
Slideshow: Charles and Camilla enjoy some lighter moments in Nunavut during their 2017 royal visit
King Charles III sports a pair of sunglasses while his wife, Camilla, smiles during a trip to Iqaluit in 2017. When he was still the Prince of Wales, Charles visited Canada during the country’s 150th anniversary of Confederation. (File photo by Matthew Nuqingaq)
Saturday’s coronation of King Charles III at London’s Westminster Abbey promises to be a formal affair but when he was still the Prince of Wales, he and his wife Camilla shared some lighter moments during a trip to Iqaluit.
Iqaluit was one of four stops for the then-future-king — he was 68 at the time — when he came to Canada to help mark the country’s 150th birthday in 2017.
While in Nunavut’s capital city, then-premier Peter Taptuna led Charles and Camilla on a tour of Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park.
Charles had been to Iqaluit before, in 1975, when the 26-year-old heir to the throne visited what was then called Frobisher Bay.
His 1975 trip is the subject of this week’s Yesterday’s News feature, a weekly look back at historic front pages that Nunatsiaq News is publishing this year, during its 50th anniversary.
Former Nunavut premier Peter Taptuna leads Prince Charles and his wife Camilla up a gravel trail into Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park. (Photo By Steve Ducharme)
I am the one who would be king.
The only reason I want to be king of Canada is so I can use $20 bills as photo ID.
The one who is king has previously stated his desire to be something quite different.