Canadian first lady Sophie Grégoire Trudeau has her own engagements in India

NEW DELHI: When the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touches down in Delhi tomorrow for his first state visit to India, he will be accompanied by his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau and their three children, daughter Ella-Grace Margaret Trudeau, and sons Xavier James Trudeau and Hadrien Trudeau.

“The children are 3, 9 and 11 years old and the entire family is looking forward to their visit to India. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has specially extended a warm invitation to PM Trudeau’s family and they were very happy to accept it,” Canadian diplomatic sources said on the eve of the visit.

First lady Sophie Trudeau, a former television host who is now involved in various women’s issues and philanthropic works, has engagements of her own chalked out during their visits to Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Amritsar and Agra. “In Mumbai, she will be meeting women college students at Sophia College and also visiting an NGO that works with women and girls. In Delhi, she will visit Nutrition International, a Canadian NGO that works on malnutrition problems in India and other Asian and African countries.”