Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Sean Silcoff, Spencer Colby
Publication Date: May 25, 2025 - 21:33
As King Charles’s arrival nears, the mood in Ottawa ranges from excitement to indifference
May 25, 2025
It was an overcast morning at Ottawa’s Lansdowne Park as the Lorde song Royals came on over a restaurant loudspeaker across from the local farmers’ market on Sunday. If it hadn’t been one of a random procession of pop songs playing to an empty patio, it might have seemed like an ironic choice, given that King Charles III and Queen Camilla were set to visit the market the following day.Then again, few market visitors seemed to know the King would be making a stop here during his first trip to Canada as monarch this week, and there was little evident excitement relative to some past royal visits.
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