{"id":134815,"date":"2025-05-27T02:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T02:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134815\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T02:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T02:45:10","slug":"recap-king-charles-queen-camilla-greeted-by-sun-and-warm-crowds-in-ottawa-on-1st-day-of-royal-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134815\/","title":{"rendered":"RECAP | King Charles, Queen Camilla greeted by sun and warm crowds in Ottawa on 1st day of royal tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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King’s blue beech tree a symbol of Canada’s ‘resilience’ <\/p>\n

King Charles and Queen Camilla placed soil over and watered a blue beech tree on the grounds of Rideau Hall in Ottawa Monday. The Governor General said the new tree represents ‘a living symbol of resilience, adaptability and heritage.’<\/p>\n

The ceremonial tree planting by King Charles and Queen Camilla is the latest moment in a time-honoured royal tradition.<\/p>\n

But as Charles gently spread the dirt, and Camilla followed up with a watering can, the new blue beech they nurtured became more than just another addition to the natural landscape at Rideau Hall.<\/p>\n

According to the Governor-General\u2019s website, Charles\u2019s mother, Queen Elizabeth, and members of the Royal Family have planted 17 commemorative trees since 1939.<\/p>\n

Charles himself has already planted four trees at Rideau Hall during visits as Prince of Wales \u2014 in 1971, 1983, 2009 and 2017.<\/p>\n

Royal historian Justin Vovk of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., sees a broader significance to the planting at this time, particularly in how a tree can represent a natural resource that is critical in Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been so much talk the last four months about Canada’s resources vis-a-vis the United States, the 51st state, all of that rhetoric,\u201d Vovk told me. \u201cSo the planting of a tree does take on added symbolism.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King’s blue beech tree a symbol of Canada’s ‘resilience’ King Charles and Queen Camilla placed soil over and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-134815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114577507872957496","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}