After landing in Quebec, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will stay the night in the summer residence of the Governor General of Canada, inside the old Citadel of Quebec. Fortress was built at a time when North America was the scene of constant fighting between French and British colonizing forces and it was not until 1759 that General Wolfe, landing at Quebec defeated General Montcalm and added Canada to the British Empire. The Gateway to the Citadel, Quebec City, on May 12, 1939, through which the King and Queen will pass whilst they are staying in the city. (AP Photo)
![After landing in Quebec, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will stay the night in the summer residence of the Governor General of Canada, inside the old Citadel of Quebec. Fortress was built at a time when North America was the scene of constant fighting between French and British colonizing forces and it was not until 1759 that General Wolfe, landing at Quebec defeated General Montcalm and added Canada to the British Empire. The Gateway to the Citadel, Quebec City, on May 12, 1939, through which the King and Queen will pass whilst they are staying in the city. (AP Photo) Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2NBPA03/after-landing-in-quebec-king-george-vi-and-queen-elizabeth-will-stay-the-night-in-the-summer-residence-of-the-governor-general-of-canada-inside-the-old-citadel-of-quebec-fortress-was-built-at-a-time-when-north-america-was-the-scene-of-constant-fighting-between-french-and-british-colonizing-forces-and-it-was-not-until-1759-that-general-wolfe-landing-at-quebec-defeated-general-montcalm-and-added-canada-to-the-british-empire-the-gateway-to-the-citadel-quebec-city-on-may-12-1939-through-which-the-king-and-queen-will-pass-whilst-they-are-staying-in-the-city-ap-photo-2NBPA03.jpg)
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