John Aimers

It was only early the next morning that I found out she had come to the service and left from read more

It was only early the next morning that I found out she had come to the service and left from her reception to go to her father's deathbed.

It's a symbolic act on her part recognizing that the person who represents the Queen as the commander-in-chief of the read more

It's a symbolic act on her part recognizing that the person who represents the Queen as the commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces doesn't want to be in a position where anyone might say she has divided loyalties. I don't believe for a second she would have had them, but symbols are important.

I think her overwhelming legacy is one of having made the office of Governor General visible and engaged in a read more

I think her overwhelming legacy is one of having made the office of Governor General visible and engaged in a way that it certainly hadn't been in at least a generation, if not more.