Carney meets with King Charles on first international trip as prime minister [Video]

Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in England on Monday where he had a private audience with King Charles.

Carney was presented to the King inside Buckingham Palace, and explained to Canada’s monarch that he did not have his Order of Canada pin because it fell off and broke on the tarmac upon his arrival.

Charles jokingly offered Carney his pin, but the prime minister refused, saying he is “not of that rank.”

This is Carney’s first official foreign trip since he was sworn in on March 14, which includes visits to France and the U.K. He will meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London before stopping in Iqaluit on his way back to Ottawa.

The trip to London is a bit of a homecoming, as Carney became the first non-British governor in the Bank of England’s 319-year history when he took over the top job on July 1, …