In Italy, King Charles offers ‘a surprisingly explicit show of support’ for Canada [Video]

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As King Charles made a historic address to a joint session of Italy’s parliament the other day, he talked of that country’s past, present and future, and its ties to the United Kingdom.

He nodded to the poets Virgil and Dante, spoke of the “wonders of the Renaissance” and welcomed the way British and Italian business leaders are working together to cut emissions and tackle the loss of biodiversity as the world faces the “urgency of the climate challenge.”

But amid his praise for Italy, there was a noteworthy moment when Charles drew attention to another country and his connection to it.

“Tomorrow in Ravenna, as King of the United Kingdom and of Canada, I will have the great honour of commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of that province … in which …