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The British monarch, who is Canada’s official head of state, is coming at a moment when President Trump has threatened the country’s sovereignty.
May 26, 2025Updated 7:27 p.m. ET
It was a call that Canadians had never been able to shout on their own soil to their new monarch: “God Save The King.”
And many of the people who had gathered at a sports and shopping complex in Ottawa made full use of it when King Charles arrived for a whirlwind tour of Canada’s capital on Monday more laden with symbolism than most royal visits.
Charles and Queen Camilla are in Canada at the invitation of Prime Minister Mark Carney. Charles will open Canada’s Parliament Tuesday in a ceremony laden with pageantry and pomp before winding up his two day visit. It was Charles’s first visit to Canada since he was crowned two years ago.
Mr. Carney, a former governor of the Bank of England, invited Charles earlier this month just days after he had led the Liberal Party to victory in federal elections.
Without saying so explicitly, Mr. Carney suggested that he was taking the unusual step of having the monarch open Parliament to emphasize Canada’s distinct heritage from the United States, at a time when President Trump has repeatedly called for Canada to become the 51st U.S. state.
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