Royals wrap up B.C. visit at CFB Esquimalt
Last Updated: Monday, November 9, 2009 | 8:24 AM PT
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Prince Charles and Camilla wave to the crowd greeting them outside the B.C. legislature Friday. (CBC)Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will wrap up their four-day visit to the West Coast at the Esquimalt Canadian Forces base west of Victoria on Monday morning.
They will attend a celebration honouring the Canadian navy, which marks its 100th anniversary in 2010, and fly to Ottawa in the afternoon.
The western leg of their Canadian visit started on Friday with a soggy welcome at the B.C. legislature. They then spent a rainy Saturday in Vancouver checking out the Olympic Village, some health care clinics, the VanDusen Botanical Garden and a sustainability conference hosted by Simon Fraser University.
On Sunday, the royal couple attended a service at Victoria's Christ Church Anglican Cathedral before taking the rest of the day off from official functions.
The couple will arrive back in the national capital in time for a reception on Monday night and will take part in Remembrance Day ceremonies Wednesday before flying back to Britain on Thursday.
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