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anti-monarchist demonstration planned for the first royal visit in Quebec City in nearly 50 years

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French Canadian separatists are the promise of a protest in Quebec City on Sunday, when Prince William becomes the first member of the royal family to visit in nearly 50 years.

Two years ago, protesters threw eggs and scuffled with police when Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visited Montreal.

The Queen was not in the city of Quebec since 1964, when hundreds of protesters turned their backs on her, and rarely visited Montreal - places both William and Kate's itinerary even briefly this weekend.

A protest has posed a serious problem for the Prince and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, in his first official international tour together, a journey marked so far by large crowds and media servile Ottawa universally benign media coverage.

most of the tour is the English-speaking Canada - the couple travel to Prince Edward Island

Anne of Green Gables country Sunday night after Yellowknife Northwest Territories and Calgary, Alberta, for the annual Stampede rodeo. before crossing the border to Los Angeles at the end of his weekend trip

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Quebec has called on supporters to protest against the "yoke" of the British monarchy "for democracy, dignity and independence."

But, perhaps sensing the national mood, their complaints were directed against the cost (estimated at £ 1 million, excluding security) for the start. Opinion polls showed a majority of French Canadians are excited by the arrival of the royal couple.

Patrick Bourgeois

, QRN spokesman said: "If you want to come to Quebec for a honeymoon and pay for themselves, which is not a problem, but if they come to humiliate us, we will be there. The visit is not only a political operation by the federal government to show the world that takes place in Quebec in Canada. "

In May, the federal Conservative government of Stephen Harper - the Minister considered the most pro-monarchist Prime Minister of Canada since the 1950s - was elected and the Bloc Quebecois in Quebec have lost four of its 47 seats, leaving the division separatist movement.

separatism, with republicanism, is considered a distraction for many Canadians, and senior officials of the two movements have called for any sign of being civilized and responsible.

been many complaints about the monarchy.

Guillaume Lavoie, executive director of an organization called Mission Leadership, said: "This is a demonstration of radical independence is problematic is the peaceful tolerance of Canadians opposed to the monarchy . By their silent complicity of the marginalization of their views and the cause of republicanism. "
The republican movement has kept a low profile and decided against the protests. "We do not want to go all crazy," said Tom Freda citizens of a Republic of Canada. "At this point, it seems to be very urgent, because the queen is healthy."

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