Media Registration for the National Commemorative Ceremony in Honour of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh

OTTAWA – Media that wish to cover the National Commemorative Ceremony for His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh—scheduled for 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 17 in Ottawa—must register in advance of the ceremony.

In accordance with public health advice, the planning of this commemorative ceremony will strictly follow public health guidelines and COVID-19 protocols on mask wearing, sanitizing and physical distancing. Media are asked to respect local physical distancing guidelines, and will be required to share their name and phone number for possible contact tracing. Wearing masks is mandatory.

In order to register, media representatives must send in the following information to pch.media-media.pch@canada.ca no later than 6 p.m. on Friday, April:

• Name
• Phone number where they can be reached (for contact-tracing purposes)
• Media outlet

Members of the media will be required to check-in at the ceremony.