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    Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

    Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of the Netherlands, 1980 to 2013 (born 31 January 1938 in Baarn, the Netherlands). Beatrix lived in Canada from 1940 to 1945 with her mother, the future Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1909–2004), and younger sisters Princess Irene (born 1939) and Princess Margriet (born 1943). During the Second World War, the Dutch royal family was forced into exile following the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

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    Queen Elizabeth II

    Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, the United Kingdom and 13 other Commonwealth realms (born 21 April 1926 in London, United Kingdom; died 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland). The Queen reigned since 1952 and was the Head of State of Canada, the United Kingdom and 13 other Commonwealth realms. Elizabeth II was the first monarch to be crowned Queen of Canada. She was the longest reigning monarch in British and Commonwealth history and celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne, in 2022.

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    Queen Elizabeth II

    Queen Elizabeth II was the head of state of Canada, the United Kingdom and 13 other Commonwealth realms. She reigned from1952 to 2022, making her the longest reigning monarch in British and Commonwealth history. She was also the first monarch to be crowned Queen of Canada.

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    Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee — 2002

    In 2002, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated the 50th anniversary of her accession to the throne of the United Kingdom, Canada and other Commonwealth realms. The occasion was the focus of widespread popular celebrations in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, as well as increased discussion and debate concerning the monarchy and its future. In October 2002, the Queen and her consort, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, travelled across Canada for 12 days to celebrate the Golden Jubilee with Canadians.

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    Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, 2022

    On 6 February 2022, Queen Elizabeth II marked the 70th anniversary of her accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth realms in 1952. In the spring of 2022, there were Platinum Jubilee tours of the Commonwealth by members of the royal family and a four-day holiday weekend of Platinum Jubilee celebrations in the United Kingdom from 2 to 5 June 2022. The Queen is the only British and Commonwealth monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. The Queen is currently the second-longest reigning monarch in world history, her record exceeded only by the 72-year reign of King Louis XIV of France.

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    Queen Elizabeth II Turns 70

    At last, it may all be getting under her skin: the nagging press, the embarrassing sons and their spendthrift wives, even the clamor about her wealth.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 22, 1996

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    Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (Obituary)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 8, 2002. Partner content is not updated.

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    Queen Juliana of the Netherlands

    Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980 (born 30 April 1909 in The Hague, the Netherlands; died 20 March 2004 in Baarn, the Netherlands). As Crown Princess, Juliana lived in Canada from 1940 to 1945 with her daughters Princess Beatrix, Princess Irene and Princess Margriet, who was born at the Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1943. Following their return to the Netherlands, Juliana and the Dutch government gave 100,000 tulip bulbs to Canada to thank Canadians for the liberation of the Netherlands and for providing a refuge to the Dutch royal family during the Second World War. (See Canadian Tulip Festival.)

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    Queen Mother (HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother)

    Her Majesty (HM) Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, consort of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, the United Kingdom and 13 other Commonwealth realms (born 4 August 1900 in London, United Kingdom; died 30 March 2002 in Windsor, United Kingdom). In 1939, Queen Elizabeth became the first queen consort to visit Canada with her reigning husband. Her determination to remain in London during the Blitz made her an inspirational figure during the Second World War. Her tours of Canada spanned a 50-year period from 1939 to 1989. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2000.

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    Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee – 1887

    On 20 June 1887, Queen Victoria marked the 50th anniversary of her accession to the throne. There were Golden Jubilee celebrations in the United Kingdom and the wider British Empire and Dominions, including Canada. The Golden Jubilee was the occasion of the first Colonial Conference, a forerunner of modern-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings.

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    Quenten Doolittle

    Quenten Doolittle, composer, violinist, violist, teacher, conductor (born 21 May 1925 in Elmira, New York).

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    Quentin Maclean

    Quentin Stuart Morvaren Maclean, organist, composer, teacher (born 14 May 1896 in London, England; died 9 July 1962 in Toronto, ON). 

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    Quest for Fire

    The film Quest for Fire (1982) begins with 3 warriors (Ron Perlman, Everett McGill and Nameer El-Kadi) of a primitive homo-sapien tribe who are sent out to find a source of fire (they don't know how to produce it) after their tribe's fire is extinguished during an attack by a group of marauding Neanderthals. 

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    R. Bruce Elder

    His Barbara is a Vision of Loveliness won the 1976 Canadian Film Award for best experimental film and his autobiographical The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1979) was named Best Independent Experimental Film by the Los Angeles Critics Circle.

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    R. Harlan Smith

    R. (Robert) Harlan Smith. Singer, songwriter, record producer, b Central Butte, near Moose Jaw, Sask, 6 Nov 1939.

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