Former Canadian high commissioner to the UK Jeremy Kinsman said this was a message the King will be pleased to deliver.<\/p>\n
“It’s going to be very affirmative of Canadian sovereignty. And I can say personally that it’s something that King Charles will celebrate saying. I have no doubt,” said Mr Kinsman, who worked as a diplomat with the King when he was Prince of Wales.<\/p>\n
The speech, to be delivered in French and English, will set out the Canadian government’s policy agenda in a way that is similar to the King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament in Westminster. <\/p>\n
But it is also expected to have lines asserting the independence of Canada – a Commonwealth country and Nato member.<\/p>\n
Speaking ahead of the King’s visit and State Opening, Carney said: “This is an historic honour which matches the weight of our times.”<\/p>\n
In terms of the ceremony, the King is expected to wear a suit, in an event that will be more low key than the crown and elaborate robes on display in the UK’s opening of Parliament.<\/p>\n
As well as the speech in Parliament, this brief trip will include community events in Ottawa and a chance to meet local leaders.<\/p>\n
This royal visit will be something of a diplomatic balancing act. The King is head of state of both Canada and the UK – and in his UK role, the King has been helping to maintain good relations with the US, sending a warm personal letter to President Trump inviting him for a second state visit.<\/p>\n
In Canada, he will be expected to reflect a very different message, with Canada’s government rejecting Trump’s ambition to take over the country.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the visit, a royal source said: “The King has long experience and great skill in walking that diplomatic tightrope.<\/p>\n
“He’s held in high regard around the globe and across the political spectrum, with good relations with world leaders who understand his unique position.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Canadian high commissioner to the UK Jeremy Kinsman said this was a message the King will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-131978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}