Editing King's Plate (section)

==Royal patronage==
{{See also|List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage}}
[[File:Queen Elizabeth at the Queen's Plate.jpg|thumb|Queen [[Elizabeth II]] (at far left) arriving at the 2010 Queen's Plate]]

As [[Monarchy of Canada|King of Canada]], [[Charles III]] is patron of the event. Various other members of the [[Monarchy of Canada#Royal family and house|Canadian royal family]] have attended, beginning with [[John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll|John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne]], and his wife, [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll|Princess Louise]], in 1881, when Lorne was serving as [[governor general of Canada]] and the couple was touring Ontario.<ref>{{citation| url=http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/queensplate/History.aspx| title=History > History of Queen's Plate| publisher=Woodbine Entertainment Group| accessdate=2 July 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614063730/http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/queensplate/history.aspx| archive-date=14 June 2009}}</ref> Queen [[Elizabeth II]]'s fourth and final visit to the race was in early July 2010.<ref>{{citation| url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/2010/07/04/big_red_mike_takes_queens_plate.html|  last=Morrison| first=Jennifer| title=Big Red Mike takes Queen's Plate| date=4 July 2010| newspaper=Toronto Star|accessdate=3 July 2016}}</ref>