Three sterling silver flower baskets sold off by the government at bargain-basement prices on a government website were on loan to Rideau Hall from Buckingham Palace, Sun Media has learned.
Richard Legrand, who worked at the governor general's residence for 35 years, says he was told when he started at Rideau Hall in 1968 that the ornate pierced silver flower baskets were among several items borrowed from the British royal family.
"Those three baskets were on loan from Buckingham Palace, including two huge candelabra that we used on the diningroom table for state events."
Whenever Queen Elizabeth II visited Canada and stayed at Rideau Hall, the silver baskets filled with flowers were placed in the suite where she slept, said Legrand who retired in 2003.
I am reminded of this scene for some reason (NOT effing work safe).
(h/t CC and Rev. Paperboy whose earlier post escaped my mind when I posted this one! Sorry Rev!)
One more comment. I like to think there used to be a time when the Tories were the party of the transplanted British aristocracy. You know, the ones educated at decent private schools with a good dose of antique wood, manners, protocol, and literature. People with at least a little intellect. This current crop of Reform grown neocons aren't like that at all. They're as shallow as a puddle on a marble slab, have an unhealthy fixation with US Republicans, and inhabit the institutions of state like kleptocratic American tourists looking for ski hills in Saskatchewan in July.
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