Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development
April 19, 2016

The following statement was given today in the House of Assembly by the Honourable Christopher Mitchelmore, Minister of Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development:

Welcoming Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, to Newfoundland and Labrador

Mr. Speaker, I rise in this Honourable house to announce that our province will welcome the Princess Royal, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment’s Colonel-in-Chief, to participate in commemorative events for the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 2016.

Invited on behalf of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Advisory Council, her visit spans June 28 until July 1, and includes going to Corner Brook to present the Royal Newfoundland Regiment’s 2nd Battalion with new Colours, and unveiling the Forget-Me-Not Committee’s Danger Tree sculpture at Grenfell Campus.

The Princess Royal will attend the Ceremony of Remembrance at the National War Memorial on July 1 and open the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Gallery and Fortis Courtyard and Amphitheatre at The Rooms. She will also visit with veterans and with organizations that she supports.

Mr. Speaker, Memorial Day is a time to commemorate veterans, past and present. It signifies a deep sense of pride for the important role Newfoundlanders and Labradorians played in the First World War, and the particular efforts of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont-Hamel. Their sense of duty shall never be forgotten and we are honoured to welcome the Princess Royal to Newfoundland and Labrador to participate in Honour 100 commemorations.

Thank you.

2016 04 19                              1:50 p.m.