I, Jovan Weismiller, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors. So help me God.
This was in accordance with the Oaths of Allegiance Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. O-1:
Oath of allegiance
2 (1) Every person who, ... of his own accord desires to take an oath of allegiance shall have administered and take the oath in the following form, and no other:
I, ...................., do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors. So help me God.
I had first 'sworn allegiance' to her as a lad of 10 or 11, alone in my bedroom, placing my hand on a Bible and taking an oath which I suppose I had found in an encyclopædia.
Then, earlier in 2007, I had joined the Royal Canadian Legion in honour of my Uncle, Charles Sluggett, Sgt, The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), who fought in the 1939-45 War and Korea.
One takes an 'Oath of Allegiance' upon joining the RCL, but to my surprise, it wasn't the Statutory Oath, in part because you're also swearing to sell Remembrance Poppies!
So, when I realised that I had not sworn the Statutory Oath, I took care of the problem, marking one of the proudest moments of my life.
God save Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, etc.!
And for any of my Catholic or 'Jacobite' readers, before you start going off about my owing allegiance to a 'protestant monarch', or an 'illegitimate monarch' I suggest you read these:
My Allegiance to Her Majesty Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, Reasons I Reject the So-Called 'Jacobite Claim' to the British Throne, and A Rant
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