Queen’s death: Book of condolences available in Vancouver
Posted September 9, 2022 3:37 pm.
Last Updated September 9, 2022 3:55 pm.
As Canadians across the country are offered the opportunity to pay their respects to the Royal Family through on online book of condolences, many in B.C. will also be able to do so in-person.
The province is inviting people to the Great Hall in the Vancouver Law Courts building from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. during regular working hours to leave a message in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II’s death.
People in Victoria are also being offered the same opportunity, with another condolence book available Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Hall of Honour at the Parliament Building.
“The books will remain available for signing until the day after the Queen’s funeral,” the B.C. government says in a release.
The messages will then be collected and bound into a single book, which is set to be kept “within national and provincial archives in perpetuity.”
The longest-serving British monarch and Canadian head of state died Thursday at age 96. The announcement came hours after the Queen had been put under medical supervision, with doctors citing concerns for her health.
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King Charles III paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II on Friday.
In his first address since the Queen’s passing, the King remembered his mother fondly, saying her life was one “well lived.”
“A promise that destiny kept and she is mourned most deeply in her passing,” he said Friday. “That promise of life-long service I renew to you all today.”
“Alongside the person grief that all my family are feeling, we also share with so many of you in the United Kingdom, in all the countries where the Queen was head of state, in the Commonwealth, an across the world a deep sense of gratitude for the more than 70 years in which my mother, as Queen, served the people of so many nations.”
King Charles III, formerly the Prince of Wales, succeeded his mother after her passing.
