VANCOUVER, April 26 /PRNewswire/ - His Royal Highness Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton have chosen Canada as their first official visit abroad after their wedding this week. The Royal Tour will include Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and the National Capital Region, and will take place from June 30 to July 8, 2011.

This package contains an edited Video News Release produced story (1:50min), general b-roll pack (7:00min), and interview pack (1:04 min). The B-roll pack contains archival footage of previous Royals visits to Canada from 1986 (HRH Prince Charles and HRH Princess Diana) and 1939 (HM King George VI), beauty footage of the four provinces and one territory the Royal couple will visit in July, as well as a split track natural sound version of the produced Video News Release. The Interview pack contains comments on the pleasant surprises the royal couple can expect in Canada from Greg Klassen, Senior VP, Marketing Strategy & Communications, Canadian Tourism Commission.

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TIME OF POSTING:  6:00 am Eastern (11:00am GMT)
DATE OF POSTING:  Tuesday, April 26^th, 2011

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