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Tsawwassen fan finally gets to meet Royal Couple

Pamela Turriff 'blown away' by last weekend's encounter

Tsawwassen's Pamela Turriff wasn't going to let Prince William and his wife Kate leave Vancouver last weekend without receiving her flowers.

A long-time fan of the Royal Family, Turriff stayed at the Pan Pacific last Saturday night in order to get a prime viewing spot at Jack Poole Plaza the following morning. After securing a place at the fence, Turriff ended up disappointed when she wasn't in the aisle that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge walked along.

Undaunted and determined to hand the flowers she had left in water overnight to Kate, Turriff decided to follow the couple to its next public stop at the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station.

She's glad she did. After being told by other Royal watchers that she was in an area the couple was unlikely to stop at, Turriff changed locations and it paid dividends. She said she was able to give the flowers to Kate and shake Prince William's hand.

"It was lovely to meet them. I'm blown away that I met them," she said.

"She was very nice when she thanked me for them," said Turriff.

She said she also shook hands with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was there along with his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau.

It's far from the first time that Turriff, a longtime resident of Tsawwassen, has seen members of the Royal Family.

Turriff said she and her parents went to Britain for the Royal Jubilee in 1977 and also went to see the Queen during her appearance at BC Place in 1983. She saw Prince Charles and Princess Diana during their visit to Vancouver for Expo 86.

Turriff said her 89-yearold father, who's Scottish, met the future King George VI as a young boy in 1936 at a castle just outside of Stranraer and now 80 years later she's met another future king.

The week-long visit to B. C. by Prince William and Kate marks their second trip to Canada. Their children accompanied them.