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The former mayor says whoever wins November s municipal will inevitably travel to Quebec City, cap in hand like their predecessors, and beg for money for the metropolis.
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Prince Philip, whose death at age 99 was confirmed by Buckingham Palace Friday, visited Quebec more than you might have imagined.
The Duke of Edinburgh was a more frequent visitor than Queen Elizabeth, dropping in 14 times, four more than his wife.
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And unlike the Queen, whose stops in the province were always part of tours that took her to other parts of the country, Prince Philip once spent an entire trip to Canada in Quebec a four-day visit in 1989.
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