Royal tours are not exactly what they used to be. When Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Canada last week at the start of an 11-day visit, Fleet Street virtually ignored the event. The airmail edition of the London Times carried only a three-sentence dispatch—by Agence France-Press; the Daily Mail carried not a line. Even the Canadians, who had not seen their Queen for two years, were not entirely overwhelmed. Some raised once again the question of whether Canada really needs a Queen. The Red Cross felt compelled to announce that a blood supply it had specially reserved for Her Majesty in...
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