The date 8th September 2022 marked the end of an era after the demise of Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch. Following the passing of her highness, people around the globe paid their sincere eulogies for the queen. Influential personalities, actors, and celebrities from different fields came forward to pay their heartfelt tributes to the royal majesty. The ice hockey legend, Wayne Gretzky, is no exception. For expressing his unfeigned eulogy for the queen, the NHL king reminisced about his 20-year-old meeting with her highness.

10 days after the passing of the Queen, the Canadian visited his Niagara falls estate, where his picture with the Queen is gracing the walls. Apparently, the picture dates back to 2002, when the Great one shared the guest panel with her highness at an ice hockey tournament.

Wayne Gretzky reminisced about his meeting with Queen Elizabeth II

On 19th September 2022, the official Instagram handle of the White Tornado’s Niagara on-the-lake and Okanagan estates shared a still of Gretzky. In the picture, the Canadian is looking at the framed photo of himself with the Queen of England. 

Captioning the post, Gretzky estates penned, “we had the honour of hosting Wayne Gretzky at our Niagara on-the-lake estate yesterday”. The Great one recalled the time when he met her majesty during an NHL event in Vancouver. The Gretzky estates further wrote, “Beautiful moment of Wayne reminiscing his time meeting Queen Elizabeth II”.

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Clearly, Gretzky paid his earnest eulogy to the Queen by recalling the time he accompanied her on the red carpet in 2002 during the pre-season playoffs.

The time when the Great One shared the panel with the Queen of England

On October 27, 2002, the ‘Great one’ shared the guest panel of spectators with the Queen at Vancouver’s GM palace. Her Highness was invited to witness the playoffs between the Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks. Ice hockey royalty accompanied the guest of honor, Queen Elizabeth II, as Wayne Gretzky escorted her down the red carpet. As both dignitaries made their presence on the ice rink, the White Tornado handed the puck to her majesty. 

The camera captured the perfect shot when Gretzky handed the puck to the British royalty. And now, as a token of respect for the Queen, the picture is framed on the walls of Gretzky’s estate. Not just Gretzky, but many from the sporting fraternity paid their sincere tributes to the Queen forthwith her departure to the heavenly abode.

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