CASTLEGAR NEWS, Tharaay: Agr 12, 19

The Margaret Trudeau Story

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the: whole time, He even went

sqiar as to have special badges:

mgde for him to wear: “Mich
Trudeau, V.LP. Official visitor
ofsthe Canadian delegation.”
ssi Whenever he came to

t us he'd say: “Where's
Mien?" And if I replied “He's
ujtitairs with Diane," he'd run
up ‘the stairs shouting, “Diane,
Mich, get ready, we're going.”

S21 felt a resurgence of

political consciousness. This is
thé:answer to Utopia, I said to
myself. If this is revolution, it is
triily marvelous,
+, I muffed it one day when,
to take photographs at Castro's
suggestion, I slipped into my
jeans — and a T-shirt with the
Liberal party logo on it.

This made people angry —

, very angry. To wear a
sefufly old T-shirt was bad
epough but to wear a Liberal
party T-shirt when I was meant
tarbe representing the country

Half the guests were so em-

barrassed they kept their
riveted to their plates. A

A levi

smiled their

d and

support. ' The

Canadian delegation, to a man,

was horrified.

was sacrilege. Murmurings
were heard in Ottawa.

I muffed it again in Vene-
zuela.
With the wife of President
Carlos Perez I visited a day
care’ program, in a ghetto,
which she had organized and
operated. She blossomed among
the ghetto children. All the

a
CQMING HOME with new arrivals Justin, » top. Sacha, middle:

and Micha, bottom. Margaret was “delight

" that her third

chitd was born on Oct. 2, 1975, “Two babies on Christmas Day
has made me feel something of a freak,” she writes.

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families seemed to know her |

and the children crawled up on
her lap with cries of pleasure,

The sight touched me pro-
foundly. I had a sudden urge to
write her a song and sing it to
her myself.

We were to have an inti-
mate final dinner — just for
Pierre and I and the Perezes.
My plan was to sing it there.
Pierre was all for it.

Then our program was
changed, I find the memory of
the scene almost too embar-
rassing to describe. Instead of
our informal dinner, the eve-
ning turned into a massive
reception. The while of smart
Caracas was there, in full
evening dress, with tiaras and
medals, I had half decided to
abandon my plan but Pierre (to
tease me? in malice? persuaded
me to go ahead,

So when the plates were
cleared away I rose unsteadily
to my feet and sang:

“Senora Perez, I would like
to thank you,

“I would like to sing to you.

“To sing a song of love.

“For I have watched you-

“With my.eyes wide open,

“T have watched you with
learning eyes...

‘Half the guests. were #0
embarrassed they kept their
eyes riveted to their plates. A
few women seemed touched
and smiled their support. The
Canadian delegation, to a man,
was horrified. This was the last
straw. Mrs. Trudeau has gone

The episode was to have

repercussions. The first:

ing we were back in otade I
was lying half asleep “when
suddenly the clock radio came
on and I heard an™ outraged
voice,

“I think she is an absolute
disgrace to this tountry. She is
a disgrace to every Canadian
woman, She has no right at all
to sing ridiculous songs in
official company.”

One night, after I had fed
Micha, Diane and I wandered
down to the seashore. Suddenly
out of the darkness, we heard
the muffled tones of two men
coming in our direction.

It was Castro and a senior
aide, It was as well that Castro
and I were not alone, for he

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The Margaret Trudeau Story

_ gontinued from page C2”
My rage was) really. with
the press, not with the publi, I
felt that there had’ been a
growing campaign among ‘the
more malicious newamen to put
me in as bad a light as could be
found and distort everything | I
did or. said.’
y / Offictal year par excellence -
was 1976, It was Olympic year.

+ Plerre and I received the whole,

world'in Montreal,
+ One night-I found myself
tinexpectedly receiving Prince
Charles for dinner. This was
the evening of our big reception
for the Queen — dinner for 800
at the Beaver Club. The seating
haa all:been arranged,

+ When I heard of his arrival:
q sent foe the. plan. Prince

The

“horrified Japanese

guard hastily unlocked the door
‘and,.under the amazed and star-
: led gaze of the bowing officials
standing in serried ranks up the
stairs, | rushed up, three steps at
atime shouting”. . . ae at the

top of my voice.

visit might be our last chance,
Or a second honeymoon,

: This made our audience
ywith’ the Pope all the more:

been in'

next ‘to Maureen McTeer. I
seikehed hint and put him next
me, ‘in place of Prince

: This woan't my first en-
‘counter with the Prince. That;
had come when I was,pregna:
with Justin. As he led me out
dance in my decollete Valentino}
dress I had caught him peering:
down ‘the front.'He blushed.

2. “My father always told me

to look into my partner's eyes

renen she is wearing a low-cut

“he said laughing, :

I" -"” BReast ye while ye may,” I

ireplied. -“If *I.: wasn't. three

onths’ pregnant, there would:
nothing to see.”

+. Inthe fall we went to;

me.on a semi-official visit.|

e Pope had granted us a;
‘ivate audience,

‘At this stage Pierre and r

both: realized that some-;

g had gone seriously wrong:

jwith our marriage. We had had:

too many arguments, too much

bitterness not to feel that this

PONTANEOUS T TOAST made to vite st Mexican, a

as I felt
ithat my faith was slipping fast.

“Pierre said that I should be

ready to talk openly because if
there was anyone in the world

who could help it was surely the!
Pope. So I wrote out a little ist’
of questions and put it in my: .

bag. :
Pierre and I were seated

opposite the Pope, across ‘a ¢

desk. He:and Pierro bogan by
discussing the problems of the

world. He: brought their con- -

versation to a close by asking

“Pierre if he had any special

‘problems with his faith that he

would like to discuss, any”

problems that needed solving,
*. “No, thank you, Holiness,”
said Pierre,

Pope Paul turned to me.
“Mrs. Trudeau, I understand
that you have beautiful ‘sons,
and that you are a very good

‘mother to your three lovely:

boys.” I sort of bowed my head
and smiled, “Ah,” he went on
reflectively, “aren't -the. ‘chil-
dren of the world our hope | i
ithe future?”

Bay Wwas another step out of line for me.

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Later, as we walked alone,
Pierre burst out laughing. “Bad
luck, you didn’t get to ask your

questions.’

I was piqued.

“Well, I could hardly raise
them without him asking me.
You got asked whether you had
any’ problems, You old hypo-

crite. Why didn't you tell him?"

. Pierre said smugly. “I've
nothing to say that I would be

“willing to say in front of you." I

‘was forced to laugh too. Inside,
though, ‘I: felt bitter.
Finally, an official visit to

i Japan, the apogee of protocol,

The protocol and the stuffiness
exceeded anything even I had
come across. Every outing we.

made was planned down to the.

last second. Everywhere polite-
ness,

I was always late, rushed,
hassled, Even the grandeur had
lost its charm, though I. was
startled out of my complaints
when I found that the melons
that, 120 people ate at the
Emperor's lunch party cost $40
each.

One of the things that I
always enjoyed on the official
trips was the press conference
Plerre held’ on his

between us that I should attend

it with him. But no women were,

to attend the one in Japan. and

Plerre's aides had also exchided’

me. *

I made a scene, Finally,
with a resigned sigh, Plerre
agreed. When the time came to
leave for the conference, we
proceeded down the fifty stairs
of our palace, lined by digni-
taries and officials

sighed: “O.K., let her come
with me.” By now I knew I was
behaving badly, but I seemed to

closed. Sepnsy Pierre

chose to be very patronizing. °

bowing, and’
reached the cars, I was steered,

It was too much. I leaped
to my feet, clasping the door
handle. It didn't open: ‘we were
locked in. I started screaming.
The horrified Japanese’ guard
hastily unlocked the door and,
under the amazed and startled
gaze of the bowing officials
standing fn serried ranks up the
stairs, I rushed up, three steps

atatime shouting;“...you".at |,

the top of my voice. It wasn't
-easy to live that one down.

As Pierre grew more wor- .

ried about my outbursts so-he
kept repeating: “You must do
exactly what you want to do,

You can do anything you want.” -

The trouble was that I needed
direction, not freedom. My
outbursts were cries for atten-
tion.

‘Trudean's rebellion was public knowledge, yet her
from Pterre ‘Trodeau

and life as a

precedented
stateaman’s wile shocked the world. Next week, in the fourth of

how she

reverted to the life she had”

last morning. It was a custom

forsaken to

marry Pierre, and
ibes the series of events which culminated in the breakup of

he, marriage whieh bed entranced 8. netie:

CASTLEGAR NEWS, uy, Apri 12, 1979

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