{"id":134442,"date":"2025-05-26T23:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T23:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134442\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T23:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T23:22:08","slug":"king-charles-iii-arrives-in-canada-amid-tension-with-trump-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134442\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles III arrives in Canada amid tension with Trump | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"

British monarch is expected to voice support for Canada\u2019s sovereignty against the US president\u2019s 51st state comments.<\/p>\n

King Charles III, the British monarch, has arrived in Canada for a two-day visit that officials say aims to assert support for the country\u2019s sovereignty amid President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> calls for annexing the United States\u2019s northern neighbour.<\/p>\n

The monarch\u2019s trip, which started on Monday, comes at the invitation of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, whose party won<\/a> the general election last month amid Trump\u2019s threats.<\/p>\n

Charles is the ceremonial head of state in Canada, which remained a Commonwealth realm after gaining independence from Great Britain in 1867.<\/p>\n

The king is to open parliament in Ottawa on Tuesday with a \u201cSpeech from the Throne\u201d \u2013 the first such address to be delivered by a British monarch in Canada since 1977.<\/p>\n

While the British monarch has refrained from interfering in politics in recent decades and remained a symbolic figure, Charles is expected to deliver a message of support for Canada against Trump\u2019s statements.<\/p>\n

Later on Monday, Carney said Canada is \u201chonoured\u201d to welcome Charles and his wife Queen Camilla, adding that the royal visit highlights \u201cthe vitality of our constitutional monarchy and our distinct identity\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo that end, the Speech from the Throne will outline the government\u2019s ambitious plan to act with urgency and determination, and to deliver the change Canadians want and deserve: to define a new economic and security relationship with the United States \u2026 to bring down the cost of living, and to keep communities safe,\u201d Carney said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Canadian officials have forcefully rejected<\/a> Trump\u2019s comments about making their country the 51st US state as a trade row between the two countries continues.<\/p>\n

\"peopleCanadians awaiting the arrival of Britain\u2019s King Charles III and Queen Camilla at a Lansdowne Park community event in Ottawa, May 26 [Dave Chan\/AFP]<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s envoy to the United Kingdom, Ralph Goodale, told reporters last week that \u201cthe king, as head of state, will reinforce the power\u201d of Carney\u2019s message that Canada is not for sale.<\/p>\n

Governor General Mary Simon, the monarch\u2019s ceremonial representative in Canada, also said the royal couple\u2019s visit holds \u201cprofound significance\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt reaffirms the enduring constitutional bond that has shaped Canada\u2019s journey into a proud and independent nation,\u201d Simon, who is the first Indigenous person to hold the position, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Charles\u2019s trip will be his first visit to the former British colony since becoming king in September 2022.<\/p>\n

Barbara Messamore, professor of history at the University of the Fraser Valley, said as the monarch of Canada, Charles visits the country \u201cas a Canadian\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reaction to the king\u2019s visit has been very positive,\u201d Messamore told Al Jazeera. \u201cWe don\u2019t always all agree on our form of governance, but we\u2019ve made it very difficult to change that fundamental aspect of our Canadian constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justin Vovk, royal historian at McMaster University, stressed that the king is unlikely to make any explicit statements against Trump during his visit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people are expecting to hear Donald Trump\u2019s name mentioned or \u2018the 51st state\u2019 mentioned, they are going to be disappointed,\u201d Vovk told Al Jazeera. \u201cThe King has a very small constitutional box that he has to operate in.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that expressions of support for Canada will \u201cbe couched in very generic terms\u201d.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the royal couple greeted supporters at a park in Ottawa and met vendors and artists. The king<\/a> also participated in a ceremonial puck drop to launch a street hockey demonstration before planting a tree at Rideau Hall in another part of the city.<\/p>\n

\"Britain'sBritain\u2019s King Charles and Queen Camilla greet people as they visit Lansdowne Park during a two-day visit in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 26, 2025. [Hannah McKay\/Pool\/Reuters]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British monarch is expected to voice support for Canada\u2019s sovereignty against the US president\u2019s 51st state comments. King…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[943,32,12,285,1219,16,15,49,286],"class_list":{"0":"post-134442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-politics","13":"tag-trade-war","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-us-canada"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114576709691162012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134442","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=134442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}