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What Justin Trudeau can expect at his first meeting with the Queen - Politics - CBC News
Queen says it's 'extraordinary' to meet her 2nd Prime Minister Trudeau - Politics - CBC News
And here they are, the Queen with her twelfth Canadian Prime Minister.
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Almost every time she holds audiences with her Australian/New Zealand Prime Ministers we usually get a video of it, but it almost never happens when she meets her Canadian Prime Ministers.
Queen says it's 'extraordinary' to meet her 2nd Prime Minister Trudeau - Politics - CBC News
Justin Trudeau was at Buckingham Palace today to meet the Queen.
She greeted the new Canadian prime minister by saying it was "nice to see you again... but under different circumstances."
"The last time we met you were much taller," Trudeau told the Queen, who now towers over the monarch he first met as a child travelling with his father and prime minister at the time, Pierre Trudeau.
"Well, this is extraordinary to think of, isn't it," the Queen replied with a laugh.
"So now you're having a very busy time," the Queen said to Trudeau, as cameras recorded the earliest moments of their meeting.
"Just a little bit," Trudeau said. "But it's a good one. There's a tremendous positive energy."
"Good. Well, come get a seat," she said, gesturing towards two chairs near the fireplace. Cameras were then escorted out.
The prime minister is travelling with his wife, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, his daughter, Ella-Grace, and youngest son, Hadrien, who joined him for his meeting with the Queen.
The media pool travelling with the prime minister was not allowed inside the Queen's apartment to record their entire conversation, which is confidential.
But they observed him being introduced with a ceremonial sword. The tone between Trudeau and the Queen was evidently friendly.
Canadian prime ministers always have an audience with the monarch after they're elected. But Trudeau is the only prime minister who has a history with this Royal Family.
"She was always lovely and gracious," Trudeau said in a statement provided earlier to reporters covering the Buckingham Palace stop. "She was very tall, which points out how little I was at the time.
"They were nice moments because I knew how much my dad liked her. You could tell my father was really proud to be introducing his son to the Queen."
Justin Trudeau's wife and children, as well as his senior political adviser and close friend, Gerald Butts, waited in an antechamber during his audience.
The rest of the family met the Queen after their private discussion.
The Queen is well known for her grasp of Canadian politics and history. She met with Pierre Trudeau several times while he was prime minister and reportedly enjoyed his company.
And here they are, the Queen with her twelfth Canadian Prime Minister.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUqNii0WEAUdwA4.jpg
Almost every time she holds audiences with her Australian/New Zealand Prime Ministers we usually get a video of it, but it almost never happens when she meets her Canadian Prime Ministers.
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