CALGARY — Prince Edward focused his attention on Canada’s youth on Sunday and his enthusiasm for the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh Awards is bringing benefits to students even in Canada’s North.
Edward — the Earl of Wessex, the Queen’s youngest son and seventh in line to the throne — handed out 100 gold medals as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards at a ceremony in Calgary Sunday morning.
The awards, started by his father Prince Philip in the 1950s, are designed to stimulate and encourage self-reliance and discipline, perseverance and determination, initiative and creativity, community responsibility, and fitness of body and mind.