Canada welcomes King Charles towards a backdrop of tensions with Trump : NPR

[ad_1] <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5574x3551+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F25%2F93%2F216e914f43d1bbfc3f4ba98c43dd%2Fgettyimages-2216575317.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5574x3551+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F25%2F93%2F216e914f43d1bbfc3f4ba98c43dd%2Fgettyimages-2216575317.jpg" class="img" alt="Britain's King Charles III is greeted by an honor guard after arriving at Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa, Canada, on Monday. Britain's King Charles III is heading to Canada for a brief but "impactful" visit, at a time when President Donald Trump is floating the idea of making his northern neighbour the 51st US state. The 76-year-old monarch, who is also Canada's head of state as part of the Commonwealth, has never publicly commented on the ambitions of the US president, a noted admirer of the royal family. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)" fetchpriority="high"/> Britain's King Charles III is greeted by an honor guard after arriving at Macdonald-Cartier Worldwide Airport in Ottawa, Canada, on Monday. Ben Stansall/AFP by way of Getty Pictures disguise caption

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Ben Stansall/AFP by way of Getty Pictures King Charles III and Queen Camilla have arrived in Canada in the beginning of a two-day go to extensively seen as bolstering the nation's sovereignty amid threats by President Trump to show the USA' northern neighbor into the 51st state.

The King was met on the airport within the nation's capital, Ottawa, by dignitaries, together with Canada's new prime minister, Mark Carney, and the nation's first indigenous governor common, Mary Simon, who's the king's consultant in Canada.

Carney, who was elected on an anti-Trump platform in April, requested the king to go to shortly after he turned chief of the Liberal political get together. On the time, Trump had imposed tariffs on Canada and was taunting to annex the nation.

In an announcement, Carney stated the king's go to was an historic honor that matches the burden of the occasions.

"It speaks to our enduring custom and friendship, to the vitality of our constitutional monarchy and our distinct id, and to the historic ties that crises solely fortify," Carney stated.

Carney and the king are attributable to have a gathering throughout the go to.

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Dave Chan/AFP by way of Getty Pictures On Tuesday, King Charles will learn a speech from the throne to open a brand new session of Canada's parliament, the primary time a monarch has accomplished that since 1977, when Queen Elizabeth addressed the senate.

Will probably be a largely ceremonial occasion, nevertheless it underlines a definite distinction in how the democracies of the U.S. and Canada differ. Canada is a constitutional monarchy and the king is the nation's head of state.

The speech from the throne lays out the Canadian authorities's plans for the long run. Though learn by Charles, it is going to be written by Carney's workplace and is predicted to robustly defend Canada's sovereignty — a lot because the prime minister did on the marketing campaign path.

That is Charles' first journey to Canada since he was topped king in 2023. An earlier journey deliberate for final 12 months was cancelled after he was recognized with most cancers. He has usually spoken warmly about Canada and its individuals, calling them "outward-looking, big-hearted individuals" throughout a go to in Could 2022.