Newsletter  (Jul 2016)  Page(s) 10.  
 
[From "Felicitas Svejda: Who changed the way Northern Countries see Roses", by Claire Laberge & Roch Rollin, pp. 7-12]
After Dr Svejda retired, the rose breeding program was moved to Ag-Can L'Assomption Station where Ian Ogilvie (plant breeder) and Neville P. Arnold (plant physiologist) continued to release roses in the Explorer Series and worked on developing culture media for the micropropagation of all new cultivars selected for release. They introduced twelve of Dr Svejda's seedlings obtained from the tetraploid roses program. After the rose breeding program was moved again, some were also introduced from Ag-Can St-Jean-sur-Richelieu Station:
Royal Edward' 1995 = (R. × kordesii × 'U32');

Book  (2012)  Page(s) 116.  
 
Royal Edward. Medium pink, 12-18 [petals]. 18". Repeat.
An Explorer rose. A kordesii hybrid. Compact, spreading. Makes a good ground cover. Deep pink buds open into clusters of highly fragrant soft pink blooms about 2 inches (5 cm) wide that fade to white. Lovely golden centers. Good first but sporadic rebloom. Glossy medium green foliage is disease resistant. Hardy (zone 3).

Book  (2008)  Page(s) 31.  
 
p. 27: 'De Montarville', 'George Vancouver', 'Lambert Closse', 'Nicolas' and 'Royal Edward' were tested in Ottawa for three years. They are bush roses....
'Royal Edward' was released in 1995 from L'Assomption. It was derived from R. kordesii x U32. The latter is a complex hybrid derived from open pollination of ((R. kordesii x D08) x 'Zeus'). In Ottawa it was very hardy, flowered repeatedly and freely and was highly resistant to powdery mildew and blackspot. Its semi-double pink flowers are attractive and slightly fragrant.

p. 31: D08 was also the progenitor of 'John Davis', which in turn produced 'Lambert Closse' and 'Royal Edward'.