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Frances Miller is shown in this handout photo as a nine-year-old in 1939 with the …
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - It's been 72 years since Frances Miller was left standing on a train station platform where she clutched the bouquet of flowers she was supposed to present to a queen.
It was 1939 and King George and Queen Elizabeth, the mother of the current monarch, were scheduled to stop briefly in the tiny southern Alberta community of Walsh. They were on a cross-Canada train trip and dozens had gathered to meet them.
Miller was the town's nine-year-old chosen ambassador. With her best dress on and her dark hair falling in curls, she clutched a dozen long-stemmed roses half as tall as she was.
But the girl was left heartbroken when the train carrying the royal couple didn't stop as scheduled. Royal watchers could only stand and wave at the King.
Now 81, Miller is getting a second chance to meet royalty. The plan is for her to meet Prince William and his new wife Kate when they visit Calgary next month.
Alberta senior gets second chance to meet royalty 72 years late
