The granddaughter of the late former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney, Theodora Lapham, performed a song in memory of her grandfather in a particularly moving moment.
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“I’m going to sing my grandfather’s favorite song,” she announced with difficulty, overwhelmed by emotion.
The young woman performed the song But what do I have? which she ended in tears, while the audience applauded her warmly.
She was joined on the choir of the Notre-Dame basilica in Montreal by singer Marc Hervieux, with whom she subsequently performed the song When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.
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The song ended with the English lyrics: “We can hear the angels singing,” after which a clip featured the Right Honorable Brian Mulroney singing a recorded passage from We’ll meet again.
See Theodora Lapham’s tribute to her grandfather in the video at the beginning of the article.