Whipped by a 40 m. p. h. gale, an Ottawa blizzard lashed the state carriage of Canada's unpopular Governor General last week, as His Excellency Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, rode out to open Parliament for the last time in his five year vice-Regal term. The next Governor General may just possibly be His Majesty's youngest son the Duke of Kent. Last week Lord Bessborough further miffed Canadians by insisting that his youngest son, aged 3, should see papa open Canada's Senate and House of Commons. As usual the vice-Regal tot...
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