King Charles gives his Canadian attendant a sword as sovereignty threats intensify [Video]

King Charles presented his Canadian personal attendant and messenger with a new ceremonial sword at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, a symbolic gesture that carries added meaning as the country stares down U.S. President Donald Trump and his increasingly forceful annexationist taunts.

It’s the latest move by Charles, the country’s head of state, to show solidarity with Canadians as Trump repeatedly calls for the Commonwealth realm to become the 51st U.S. state, royal watchers say.

In the last two weeks alone, Charles has met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a private audience, wore his Canadian medals during a high-profile military visit, planted a red maple leaf tree on the grounds of Buckingham Palace and now he’s giving his personal Canadian liaison and senior protocol officer in Parliament a sword.

Charles, as the constitutional monarch, does not usually comment in public on political issues of the day, but he can send a message through what he does …