Royal couple in Ottawa for final days of visit
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | 1:57 PM ET
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Prince Charles with Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Tuesday. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, attended the Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean and their families Wednesday morning.
From there they headed off to CFB Petawawa, where they visited soldiers and their families many of whom have direct experience with the war in Afghanistan.
On Wednesday night, the royal couple was to attend a dinner hosted by Jean and her husband Jean-Daniel Lafond.
The Ottawa visit was somewhat quieter than their trip to Montreal Tuesday, where Prince Charles and Camilla were greeted by a crowd of about 200 anti-monarchy protesters.
The members of the separatist Société St-Jean Baptiste and the Réseau de Résistance du Québécois want an apology for what they say is the British monarchy's role in the alleged cultural genocide of francophones in North America over the last 400 years.
The protest delayed the couple's visit to a Montreal armoury of the historic Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment, of which the prince is the colonel-in-chief. He took over the job following the death of the Queen Mother, who last inspected the regiment's troops in 1987.
On Thursday morning, the couple will plant an oak tree at Rideau Hall as a commemoration of their visit.
They will wrap up their 11-day visit with an official departure ceremony at Ottawa International Airport.
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