Mark Mulroney says family ‘loved’ hearing Canadians’ stories about former PM [Video]

For more than eight hours on Tuesday, the late Brian Mulroney’s family — wife Mila, daughter Caroline and sons Ben, Mark and Nicolas — stood in a receiving line and greeted almost everyone who came to pay their respects to the former prime minister.

On Wednesday morning, they again took up their stations next to the flag-draped casket, the official portrait and the military honour guard. For more than four hours, they shook hands with well-wishers who offered condolences and shared stories about a key figure in Canadian politics.

“I was thinking about how tired their feet must get,” said Tony Bull, one of the people who lined up Wednesday morning.

“But it must be comforting for them to see the breadth of interest of people paying tribute to Mr. Mulroney.”

Mark Mulroney, the second youngest sibling, said greeting the public “was never even a question.”