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King prepares to give key speech backing Canada

7 hours ago Share Save Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Reporting from Ottawa Share Save

PA Media King Charles met Canadian PM Mark Carney soon after he arrived in Ottawa

King Charles III will deliver a significant speech in Canada's parliament later on Tuesday that is expected to offer his support in the country's dispute with US President Donald Trump. The King and Queen Camilla received a warm welcome when they arrived in Ottawa, on the royal couple's first trip to Canada since the start of their reign. Soon after arriving, the King, who is Canada's head of state, held a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney, recently elected on a wave of anti-Trump public opinion. Carney has praised the "historic ties" that make up Canada's independent identity, including the "vitality of our constitutional monarchy", which he said "crises only fortify".

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Carney invited the King to deliver the speech at the opening of parliament after his recent general election victory, in a campaign dominated by the threats to Canada's sovereignty from Trump. It will be the first time in almost 50 years that a monarch gives the "Speech from the throne", with the King's decision to come to parliament in Ottawa seen as a symbolic show of support for Canada. The King's speech will be written on the advice of the Canadian government, with the expectation that it will send a clear, if diplomatic, message that the country is "not for sale" to the US. Carney said in advance that the speech, to be delivered in French and English, would match "the weight of our times". On Monday afternoon, the King and Carney held a meeting at Rideau Hall, the residence of Canada's governor-general, with both men sitting in front of Canadian flags. There were also meetings with leaders of Canada's indigenous and First Nations groups, including Cindy Woodhouse, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.