{"id":128,"date":"2024-11-20T11:55:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypelabs.dev\/lgo-new\/?p=128"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:21:28","slug":"audience-with-his-majesty-king-charles-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lgontario.ca\/en\/audience-with-his-majesty-king-charles-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Audience with His\u202f Majesty\u202fKing Charles III"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Honourable Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, was received today by His Majesty King Charles\u202fIII for an audience at Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great honour to meet His Majesty and convey Ontarians\u2019 deep gratitude for his service,\u201d said Lieutenant Governor Dumont. \u201cOur conversation was an inspiring reflection on Ontario\u2019s vibrant and diverse communities, and it was clear that His Majesty holds a profound affection for our province.\u201d<\/p>\n

The meeting underscored His Majesty\u2019s close and longstanding relationship with Ontario, which dates back to his first visit as Prince of Wales in 1970.\u00a0Her Honour was accompanied by her spouse, His Honour Mr.\u202fTony Viscardi.
\nAs part of her visit to London, Her Honour has also met with young Ontarian scholars and professionals living in the United Kingdom, as well as with representatives from organizations and institutions with connections to Ontario and Canada.<\/p>\n

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It is customary for the lieutenant governors of Canada\u2019s provinces to meet with the Sovereign early in their mandates, as part of their roles as representatives of the Crown.<\/p>\n

His Majesty King Charles\u202fIII acceded to the Throne on September 8, 2022, following a lifetime of dedicated service to the Commonwealth. The Honourable Edith Dumont was sworn in as Ontario\u2019s 30th lieutenant governor on November 14, 2023. She is the first Francophone to serve in this role in Ontario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Honourable Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, was received today by His Majesty King Charles\u202fIII for an audience at Buckingham Palace. \u201cIt was a great honour to meet His Majesty and convey Ontarians\u2019 deep gratitude for his service,\u201d said Lieutenant Governor Dumont. \u201cOur conversation was an inspiring reflection on Ontario\u2019s vibrant and diverse communities, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lgontario.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lgontario.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lgontario.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lgontario.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lgontario.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lgontario.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2212,"href":"https:\/\/lgontario.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/2212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lgontario.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lgontario.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lgontario.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lgontario.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}