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Expodition: The royal treatment
Broadcast Date: July 3, 1967
During Expo 67's six-month run, many heads of state are paying a visit to their pavilions and to Canada – and none more important than Canada's own head of state, the Queen. Everyone wants the visit to go smoothly, and a reporter for CBC Radio's Expodition seems most anxious of all. In this segment, he quizzes Roger Nantel, head of protocol at Expo, about what happens if the head of state isn't fond of the menu.Expodition: The royal treatment
• In this clip, the reporter repeats a well-worn legend about a long-ago royal visit in which a Yukon waitress tells a royal visitor: "Keep your fork, Duke, there's pie for dessert." Though this tale is most likely a myth, the CBC's Peter Gzowski tried to glean its origins. He determined that it may have happened in a diner in northern B.C. between 1911 and 1916. The duke in question would have been the Duke of Connaught, later Governor-General of Canada.Expodition: The royal treatment
Medium: Radio
Program: Expodition
Broadcast Date: July 3, 1967
Guest(s): Roger Nantel
Host: Bob MacGregor
Duration: 5:14
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April 3, 2008
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