King Charles III will open the Canadian Parliament next week in a historic ceremony against the backdrop of President Donald Trump‘s threats to annex America’s northern neighbor.
Canada recognizes Charles, 76, as its king and during a two-day tour from May 26 to May 27 he will be the first British monarch to give the speech from the throne in the country’s legislature since Queen Elizabeth II in 1977. She did it twice, with the first being in 1957.
While he has visited 19 times before, this will be his first as head of state and comes at a politically charged time, following Trump’s talk about making the country the 51st state.
King Charles, Trump and Canada
Trump’s annexation talk might make a difficult playing field for Charles under normal circumstances, but it is particularly tricky because …
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