In 1869, Queen Victoria's third son, Prince Arthur (later Duke of Connaught) arrived for training with the Rifle Brigade based at Montreal.
The Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, and her husband, the then Governor General the Marquess of Lorne, in 1881 toured Ontario, becoming the first royals to attend the Queen's Plate,[REF] which had been founded by the Queen in 1860.