Princess Margriet of the Netherlands paid tribute to the Canadian who negotiated the surrender of the Nazis in her country in 1945. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greeted the princess with a fist bump at the National Military Cemetery in Ottawa, which was blooming with tulips—a flower that has come to symbolize the relationship between the…
Dutch Princess Returns to Ottawa, Where She Was Born During Second World War
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands is today visiting Ottawa, the city where she was born during the Second World War. The princess was born at Ottawa’s civic hospital after the Dutch royal family fled to Canada to escape Nazi occupying forces in 1940. During the official visit to Canada, she is meeting the prime minister,…
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