He added he was writing it on behalf of his granddaughter - he’s been building his collection to give to his grandchildren someday - and fired it off.Īs he did, he assumed this was basically a waste of time. He also mentioned a number of other local connections. In it, he explained he’d been born just a block from her ancestral home and his family used to have Sunday picnics on the lawn. That prompted him to type out a letter to Camilla. He heard the tour guide say something about it, made a mental note and was then reminded of this nugget back in March when his granddaughter told him her class at school was making a trip to the museum. But whatever.Īs he mentioned, Tabone had no idea of the connection until he visited the castle a year or so ago. It’s a bit odd considering what’s coming up on Saturday. In fact, type “Camilla” into the search portal on the city’s website and the only result is a link to the Coffee Lover’s Guide to Hamilton. But it’s hardly been shouted from the municipal rooftops. The castle’s website does mention the connection. Ron Albertson/The Hamilton Spectator file photo Then-Prince Charles triumphantly hoists a shovel at a tree planting during a visit to Dundurn Castle in 2009.
You can still find a portrait of her as a child on one of the walls.
Kennedy’s limo during the assassination to the man who played Big Bird on Sesame Street.īut the Hamilton-Royal Family connection? No clue.īack in the early 1830s when Sir Allan MacNab was building Dundurn Castle, his wife, Mary, gave birth to a girl. This has led to a magnificent collection of autographs ranging from the Dallas sheriff with the white Stetson handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald when he was shot to the Secret Service agent who jumped on John F. If his name sounds familiar, you might’ve read about him in these pages for his hobby of writing to the famous and the accidentally famous to see if they’ll write back. But here’s betting there are a few who might not know you can draw a straight line from the intersection of York Boulevard and Dundurn Street to Buckingham Palace. There are going to be plenty of people around here tuning in to watch the coronation of King Charles early on Saturday.
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