Jul 2, 2011

THE TORONTO STAR News, Jul 02, 2011

‘Parasite go home’: William and Kate greeted by protesters in Montreal

Demonstrators protest before the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Montreal's Ste-Justine Children's Hospital.

Paul Chiasson/THE CANADIAN PRESS

By Joanna Smith

A crowd shouting competing cheers and boos greeted the royal couple as they arrived at a hospital for children on Saturday afternoon.

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