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Prince Charles and Camilla tour Canada
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in Jamaica last year. Source: Wikipedia
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in Jamaica last year. Source: Wikipedia
(11/03/09) As Americans head to the polls today, Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, are in Canada for an 11-day tour, including appearances in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. It's the Prince of Wales' sixteenth visit to Canada, but his first since marrying Camilla. Royal watchers are pleased to see the famous couple first-hand. But for other Canadians, the tour revives questions about whether kings and queens should still have a place in Canada. Lucy Martin reports.

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