The Trudeaus Revealed Their Best Memories Of The Queen & One Story Is So Wholesome

Ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, Justin and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau arrived in London to pay their respects as part of the official Canadian delegation.

On Sunday, one day before the funeral, the Canadian couple were interviewed by journalist and anchor Lisa LaFlamme, who asked them about their thoughts on the proceedings, what it's like to grieve in public, and the future of the monarchy in Canada.

The interview also threw into focus some lighter moments.

"I want to begin with what it was like to be at the foot of a coffin of a woman you met when you were just seven years old," LaFlamme asked the prime minister.

"It's a moment of solemnity, of reflection," Trudeau responded, adding that "there was this beautiful energy."

LaFlamme went on to ask if there were particularly significant moments with the queen that he could remember.

"It's strange but yesterday as we were there to say goodbye, knowing that she passed a number of days before, her presence was so activity felt. I know we are going to still feel her for decades to come," he said.

LaFlamme then asked Sophie if she had any lasting memories of the queen, and she immediately lit up.

"Yes, I remember visiting her with my little one, Hadrien. He must have been, what, four years old." she said, looking at Justin for confirmation.

"Yeah, he was pretty small," Justin responded.

"Or even younger," Sophie added. "And he was trying to touch everything in the palace. And [the queen] was so kind about it… she even said he can go and look out the window into the gardens. So the mother aspect of her…"

"As well as the grandmother," Justin interjected, adding that the queen wasn't too worried about "the little trinkets on her side tables."

"Just cute moments, real moments of humanity, because at the end of the day, this is what it's about – bringing people together," Sophie said.

LaFlamme also asked Sophie about her thoughts on the queen, more specifically, what we've all learned from her as "a woman in a man's world."

"I think, her female leadership in all her authenticity," Sophie responded. "She was a truly present woman when you met her, she cared, she was deeply interested in world affairs and made her point clear."

"And people respect that... People felt her authenticity and her dedication to service."

LaFlamme is currently reporting on the monarch's death as a special correspondent with CityNews. It's a big professional change for the journalist, who was let go without warning from her position as CTV's national news anchor in August.