In a speech at the opening of the new session of the Canadian parliament, Charles III said that Canada will remain “strong and free“, which was taken by many Canadians as a sign of support for the country's sovereignty after threats of annexation by Donald Trump, BNR reported.
The American president has already proposed several times that Canada become the 51st state of America.
However, the message of the British king was delivered in a completely discreet manner, because he did not mention Trump's threats anywhere.“We must face reality: since World War II, our world has never been more dangerous and unstable. "Canada faces challenges that are unprecedented," the king told politicians in the Senate building in Ottawa in French. He presented the government's legislative agenda on the second day of his visit to Canada, an honour usually reserved for the governor general.
King Charles is only the second monarch, after his mother Queen Elizabeth II, to do so. The late queen delivered her speech at the state opening of the Canadian parliament in 1957, her first visit to the country as head of state, and again in 1977. The speech, which was met with a standing ovation from the audience, was largely written by officials working for Prime Minister Mark Carney's government, with Charles adding his own comments, except for his love of Canada. Carney had previously said Canadians were "not impressed" by the British government's decision to offer Trump an unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom.