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Did the Queen Abduct Indigenous Children in Canada?

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9 June 2021

About That Rumor The Queen Abducted Indigenous Children in Kamloops, Canada

Since at least 2013, readers have been asking Snopes about a rumor that to some may have sounded outlandish. Did Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, visit Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, Canada, in 1964 and abduct 10 indigenous children?

Bethania Palma reports.

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