Trudeau to travel to queen’s funeral with 4 ex Canadian PMs
Associated PressTORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to London with four former Canadian prime ministers as well as indigenous leaders for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, his office announced Thursday, hours after Trudeau and Canada’s opposition leaders paid tribute to her during a special session of Parliament. “Canadians feel like they’ve lost a family member - a family member who grew up alongside us.” He recalled first meeting her as a little boy when his late father, Pierre Trudeau, was prime minister. Trudeau said in Canada’s constitutional monarchy, the crown’s function is to be a bedrock for the constitution, and to transcend daily political debates. King Charles III was officially proclaimed Canada’s monarch on Saturday in a ceremony in Ottawa attended by Trudeau and Governor General Mary Simon, who is the representative of the British monarch as head of state, a mostly ceremonial and symbolic position.
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