Royal Tour Update
Posted Jul 1, 2011 08:43:07 AM.
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Hundreds of spots along the royal route in Ottawa this morning have already been snapped up by avid Canada Day celebrants.
Parliament Hill is a checkboard of red T-shirts, big hats and signs proclaiming Canada’s love for Prince William and his wife Kate who will attend the marquee noon show.
Souvenir stands are also already popping up downtown, one selling a replica of Kate’s engagement ring, which once belonged to William’s mother Diana, the late Princess of Wales.
But royal watchers on the Hill have a few hours to wait yet.
William and Kate’s first stop of the day is a citizenship ceremony where they’ll participate in the swearing in of around 25 new Canadians.
Protests are expected outside that event by those who argue its time for new citizens to be swearing allegiance to Canada, not the monarchy.
