Astronaut Jeremy Hansen to carry Canada’s flag at King Charles coronation – National | 24CA News

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Published 03.05.2023
Astronaut Jeremy Hansen to carry Canada’s flag at King Charles coronation – National | 24CA News

Before Astronaut Jeremy Hansen will get an opportunity to put on Canada’s colors on a flight across the moon subsequent 12 months, he’ll carry the Canadian flag on the coronation of the nation’s new King.

The Prime Minister’s Office launched a listing of dignitaries and eminent Canadians who will be part of Justin Trudeau and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon at Westminster Abbey this weekend as King Charles is formally topped.

The listing consists of Indigenous and youth leaders, astronaut Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons, historian Margaret MacMillan and Cross of Valour recipient Leslie Arthur Palmer.


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Simon’s itinerary for the journey consists of an viewers with the King on Thursday at Buckingham Palace, the place they are going to be joined by the leaders of the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the Metis National Council.

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The King was formally proclaimed Canada’s monarch in a ceremony in September in Ottawa attended by each Trudeau and Simon.

The prime minister and Governor General additionally attended Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral final 12 months with two former governors common and 4 former prime ministers.

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