King Charles will be in Canada this week. Well, it’s more like Charles and Camilla will be in Canada for about 24 hours, which Buckingham Palace claims is keeping it “short and sweet.” Considering Charles hasn’t stepped foot in Canada in years – and especially not since he became king – I find the length of trip to be sort of insulting to Canadians. Like, the point of this visit is to show that Canada is “not for sale” and that Canada has her own alliances with the British crown and British commonwealth. Shouldn’t there be more of an emphasis on that alliance? I guess not. Anyway, the palace is briefing like crazy about how Charles is god’s gift to Canada because he’s breezing in for 24 hours.
The King’s visit to Canada will mark an important moment in the country’s history. A palace source described the visit as “a diplomatic tight rope” but one that Charles “knows how to walk”. And the mission? To deliver “soft power with significant impact”.
The world’s media and no fewer than four sketch artists will be there to capture the raison d’être of the trip: the King’s speech, delivered from a throne that was carved from a walnut tree grown in Windsor Great Park. Canadians believe that Charles’s presence, accompanied by military honours and gun salutes for the King of Canada, will send a “powerful” message that Canada is not, and never will be, America’s 51st state.
With so much at stake, the country is taking ownership of the visit, right down to some rather personal details. The King will travel with a Canadian doctor as the palace has been told that his UK physician will not be able to practise there. A senior Canadian government official said: “A British doctor does not have the authority to operate or to practise here in Canada. Therefore, there is a Canadian doctor that assists and is there in case there would be a medical emergency with their majesties or any member of the British party.”
For years Charles has kept fit by following a regular morning daily exercise routine set out by the Canadian Air Force. Now, that very air force will be flying the King to Ottawa. Along with the Canadian doctor, there will be an entourage of Canadian equerries and aides to accompany Charles on his first visit as monarch.
The King and Queen will travel to the Senate in the 1902 State Landau along the city’s historic Wellington Street with 28 horses from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride, 14 in front and 14 behind.
Although Charles will be in the country for less than a day, the Canadian government, together with palace aides, have nevertheless devised a series of engagements to demonstrate what it means to be a Canadian today. It is a whistle-stop programme, described by a source as “short, sweet”. The King is said to be mindful that his time in Canada is limited but is “very much looking forward” to it and hopes it will be “impactful”. He will shake as many hands, inspect as many troops and have as many photocalls as possible.
The palace also claims that the trip has been “planned for a long time” – bullsh-t. They threw this together after Mark Carney was elected prime minister (and Carney was elected specifically to stand up to the meth house in the basement, the United States). I also doubt that Charles is going to drop into Ottawa and be exclusively staffed by Canadians – please, he can’t go anywhere without his cadre of British sycophants. It’s probably true that the Canadians will give him a Canadian doctor for the trip though. If you’d like a less royalist read on the situation and the brevity of the visit, Politico Europe had an interesting piece where they suggested that Charles wanted to skedaddle out of Canada quickly so as to not anger the small-r republicans and royal agnostics within Canada.
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He was invited to make a point. We don’t him to stick around.
I have a question. Do most Canadians even care that he will visit long or short? I ask because I want to know if he is important to Canada being a figurehead.
Don’t really care how long he’s here. It’s a symbolic gesture. The monarchy has very waning popularity in Canada, but it is a part of our history. And look I am as anti-monarchy as they come but even I acknowledge and understand he’s an elderly man in poor health.
Oh and we already know it has worked as a symbolic gesture as the US Ambassador to Canada got snippy and defensive about it. So mission already accomplished. 😜
As a Canadian, I do not care about Chucky coming to open parliament. It is 100% being done as a show Cheeto that we belong to the England and Trump can’t just make Canada the 51st state.
No we don’t care about how long or short the visit is — we care about sticking it to the Orange Menace, right between the eyes, and this can be done in a 24 hour turnaround visit. I imagine Chuck will throw some veiled but salient barbs in his speech about maintaining the sovereignty of Canada in times of political turmoil. This is all performative about showing the Rethugs/Maga that their threats of annexation, the insults about “Governor Carney” and “the 51st state” are nothing but hyperbole from a senile, stupid sociopath and his cadre of butt-kissers with no credibility on the world stage. Coundown to Drumph throwing a hissy fit in 3…2…1…
Thank you all for your answers. I like that he is being used to “stick it to Cheetos”. I like it a lot!!
Don’t care about his visit but am definitely on the “stick it to Cheeto” bandwagon!!!!
Also, I believe our tax dollars could be spent on more worthwhile things (healthcare, education etc) than the royal family.
I doubt charles will be impactful.probably just more talk in the media about his avoiding harry and Meghan
No talk in Canada about him and the Sussexes; we have bigger fish to fry. He’ll get out before Quebec gets too antsy.
He will still be nearly 3,000 miles away.
So Charles needs 28 horses parading around him. How much do taxpayers find this trip.
It’ll cost about $2 per head. A small price to pay to stick it to Trump and MAGA.
“…the meth house in the basement, the United States…” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is drawn from a great comment by (IIRC) Robin Williams about how living in Canada is like living above the meth lab downstairs.
Thanks! 😉😎
Love the “living above the meth lab in the basement” – thank you Robin Williams. He was prophetic – yes?
And I can tell you that is exactly how it feels any day these days – for us living in a meth lab we didn’t vote for or ever want
Royals are still a quaint tradition in Canada and we have our lot of royalists. However, with the patriation of the Constitution in1982, we have gained our autonomy. KC probably asked to come, not the other way around. Carney have more authority and competence against Trump than the king.
This is so on point.
I’m not loving the framing that Canada somehow needs Charles and the UK to protect us from trump.
Or that the US has a part in any of this at all. Got noting to do with the US.
More likely, the man is dying. This is his last chance to personally open Parliament.
I wish he wouldn’t bother, but the idea this is Carney sending a message to trump and not like, running and leading a fully autonomous country is absurd.
Yeah, I see all the points. To me it’s less about being “protected” by the King/UK (especially with both severely weakened) as showing Canada has many friends and allies in the world beyond the geographical kin of the USA. The UK royals seem like sort of a “special friend” in this instance as the whole royalist mythology is so diluted and strained at this point. It also undercuts in some ways the long-enduring “special relationship” between England and the USA.
We can assess the impact by how Trump and his team react; wasn’t the US Ambassador to Canada already in a snit?
It being Charles, it doesn’t seem like *as* big a deal as it would have been if Elizabeth came. For me as Canadian it feels like a curiosity and I’ll watch, but maybe not in real time.
It’s not an issue at all about “needing Charles” to protect us from Trump, it’s that our alliance with England is strong, even with our own Constitution. This is a clear warning shot across the bow to stop with the inane threats/taunts of annexation with the US. I imagine Charles will dip a toe into the water of political “side-taking” and reinforce our relationship. Trump’s head will explode and he’ll start sh*tting all over Canada and England on his social media but to no avail. This is his “FAFO” moment.
Yep, agreed.
If this were any other time, I’d say that this would be yet another reason Canada should dump The Commonwealth. Obviously, not now as that would give Trump just more of an excuse to rub his tiny ass hands against Canada.
And the Canadian government has to take this insultingly short visit. They’ll grin and bear it.
I miss living in Canada…I lived in Vancouver for years. Why did I ever leave?! 😭
Short is fine, less chance for Camilla to make an ass of herself as she did on their last tour in Canada. Charles has a job to do (“speech from the throne” to open Parliament and lay out this new government’s priorities), will do his job, and go home.
I just hope he doesn’t die on our watch. Awkward.
I don’t see it as insulting at all. He is coming here for a very specific reason. He’s not on any kind of royal tour. Frankly, I am amazed at how often these people – not just royals, but politicians and celebrities too for that matter – jet off somewhere and stay overnight and then jet home again! It seems crazy to me but they all do it. An overnighter from England to Canada – no biggie!
You can be part of the Commonwealth without having the BRF as head of state, most Commonwealth countries are republics. The commonwealth is a social club of (mostly) previous British colonies, not a political system.
Now should Canada ditch the monarchy and become a republic? Yes. It’s antiquated and unnecessary and costly (it doesn’t cost that much, but it’s still too much) and there’s too much bad blood between the monarchy and Acadians, Quebecers and members of Indigenous Nations to want to keep them as rulers.
Where is the outrage that Charles, the environmentalist, will fly in by private plane for only 24 hours. He should have just zoomed in for the event in that case.
Zooming would have trivialized what is a very important event for Canada. Whether we like it or not, Charles is our sovereign and the fact that the seniormost royal is opening our parliament for the first time in decades sends a strong message to Trump to lay the eff off Canada and any more annexation bullshit. It’s a “throwing down the gauntlet” moment for us.
The RCAF sends over a plane for him and his entourage. But also Charles reading the throne speech in Canada, which hasn’t been done since 1977, is solely done to show Cheeto that Canada has a head of state and it is the same royalty he places on a pedestal.
Normally no one outside of Canada cares about the throne speech (written by carney and his PMO) except Canadians and even there most Canadians don’t really care.
So this is something that happens every year, just not in person?
There is a throne speech to open every session of Parliament. Sometimes it can be more than once a year depending on whether or not elections were called.
It is the same tradition as the UK parliament except that most of the time it is the Governor General who reads the throne speech prepared by the government at the time.
In the provincial legislatures the lieutenant governor reads the throne speech prepared by the provincial government in power.
Good grief. Canada can make the point to the Orange One that its not for sale all by itself. She has been doing that quite well already.
We are told time and again that the BRF carries “soft power”. Are they trying to make it true just by repeating that? Because I don’t see it.
Charles is a paranoid, out of touch, gutless bigot who is corrupt at Trumpian levels. Irrelevant and unnecessary. A waste of a human life.
Canadians, I hope you’re stocking up on those beautiful bright yellow Not My King signs. This too shall pass.
If there’s protest, it’s not likely to be big and loud. Priorities. The way larger issue with visiting world leaders is that of Trump, a convicted felon, being allowed to join the G7 in Alberta later this summer. RCMP already setting up designated protest zones.
Let’s hope the zone is big enough.
Sometimes you have to just suck it up to make a big point. I am anti-monarchy but this is a moment in time where Canada MUST make a strong point that any bullying from Trump will not be tolerated. This is not a “soft power” event, it’s standing up publicly to a vicious, self-serving, hateful criminal who is hell-bent on ruining the world to enrich himself and his team of sycophantic oligarchs.
We Canadians will save our ire for when Trump arrives at the G7 summit. Then you will see some huge protests.
Co sign what Jaded said. Most Canadians aren’t monarchists and it’s only because we have an idiot baby man running the US that charles was invited. Soft power does work on soft brains like that of orange man.
Charles is making this short visit to Canada now because the British Government made a misstep sucking up to Trump and upsetting the Canadians. He’s going to Canada to reassure them that his allegiance is to them not Trump.
To further specify, reassure that the UK allegiance (not his personally; he represents the government and not the other way around) is with Canada and not Trump. It’s tricky, the UK is in a weakened position and wants to stay friendly with both the US and Canada, but how to stay friendly with a US that is 99.99% identified with Trump?
There was no need to invite Trump to the UK for a second state visit.
Yeah, that was an unforced error. At least the Canadian isn’t a “state visit.” Maybe they’ll take him through the Timmy’s drive-thru.
@Amy Bee
I recall that it was Charles who wrote a personal letter to Trump inviting him to a state visit full of honours, and the British media made it the main story for a few days and praised how friendly Charles is with Trump. Now he went to Canada because he knows that he pissed off both the English and the Canadians with this invitation. Charles himself has no problems with Trump because he has been hanging out with even worse people.
After the attack on the towers in NY, he had no problems accepting cash
from the Bin Laden family, probably as usual for visas, citizenship, or other nasty stuff.
I also noticed that Charles, like William, is following in Harry’s footsteps. HM warmly welcomed in Canada, in Germany, Charles announces a visit to Canada, to Germany, and William goes further and announces a visit to a military base in Germany, of course the same one Harry was at. The visit never happened because the military refused. 🙂
The letter would have been written under instruction from the PM.
@sunnyside up
I know these suggestions, but we don’t know if they’re true. He’s not the royals’ favorite prime minister, and the Palaces are known for always blaming someone else when they screw something up.
But even if, Charles is a big boy for the government and in a high position, he doesn’t have to agree to something he doesn’t want. After all, it’s his signature that’s there, not Starmer’s.
And even if they came to the common conclusion that Trump should be invited in order to appease the economy (although you don’t negotiate with sociopaths), the invitation could have been standard, diplomatically polite, and not a state visit with honors and ass-licking. That’s why it looks more like a Palace stunt to me, because there are so many people in the government that someone would cool down this euphoria. Regardless of who initiated it, Karol wrote it and signed it, allowed this laudatory media circus and even seemed happy to be Trump’s friend until international criticism fell on him.
Charles is doing no different than his mother. Any letter inviting a head of state is under direction of the UK PM. Just as Charles visiting Canada and reading the speech is under direction of the Canadian PM.
The reality is that Charles has less power than orange man despite being the king.
Not to worry, Kaiser, we Canadians aren’t insulted. We’ll just carry on as we normally do, totally ignoring the RF.
The shortness of the visit might be due to health concerns, who knows, but I’m sure that they are well aware that a tour would not go down very well.
Agree with Teagirl. Not insulted at all. I think it’s geopolitical business and the adults understand, even if with some distaste, that this is a job that has to be done. Get him in, get him out.
That evil, decrepit clown in dress up clothes is not my king. I’m west coast, disappointed I can’t be there shouting, with a yellow sign.
This is not a time to shout with a yellow sign, save your anger and ire for the G7 and dump it all over Trump.
Signed,
Another West Coaster
We Ottawans, (Ottawatonians?) are only concerned with what roads are closed and when. I’m not going to bother making the trip downtown. BTW, the Queen met her assigned Canadian dentist at a reception years ago (the doctor and dentists are military). He introduced himself and she responded nice to meet you but I hope I never see you again. His receptionist who told me this story said her Colonel found this hilarious.
Ottawa suffered way more under the so-called convoy, yes?
Exactly. And nobody likes going to the dentist — the Queen had a wry, wicked sense of humour and she likely meant it not as an insult, but rather not wanting to sit through a uncomfortable, painful dental treatment.
For once I’m going to say something nice about Charles. He’s using his “soft power” to stick it to Trump, and I’m here for it (I’m American). Charles probably can’t leave London for longer than a day or two because we know he’s getting weekly treatments, possibly more, and his health seems pretty fragile. He may well be surrounded by doctors at home. For a frail old man to make this trip while his lazy son and daughter-in-law spin People about their great plans for after Charles’ death is quite the contrast.
Charles needs to watch his back and get back home with huevo making plans for his reign and huevo likes Trump
Luckily William will have very little power.
He was invited to open Parliament, that’s it. It’s not a royal tour.
I think it is a sensible gesture, a gesture is all it is, but it does show defiance.
I agree with Politico. He’s unpopular. Dip in, dip out.
But a waste of resources though – carbon footprint, security, even his own jet lag.
Oh well. Sucks to be King of Canada living in Britain.
Last week I read a story, that in case of an emergency an English doctor wouldn’t be allowed to operate on Chucky in Canada, so no surprise that he has a Canadian doctor on standby.
I just saw a news story today that support for the monarchy in Canada has risen recently from 30 to 60% since Trump’s “51st state” comments, so I think most Canadians will either ignore his visit or fully support it. As a Canadian, I don’t mind it, though personally I don’t have much respect for Charles unless he mends fences with H&M. At least there is a historical reason for the visit and it’s not a silly, costly royal tour. Plus with his health concerns, best to keep it short.
The Trump touch – he has Quebecers waving Canadian flags and people who didn’t give a damn about the monarchy before now putting photos of the King in their living room (well probably not quite). Thanks for the boost to our national pride, Trump. Probably the one good thing you’ve done so far.
My brain stopped at “…no fewer than four sketch artists will be there…” Are they also bringing scribes with quill pens to memorialize his deathless prose? Or maybe they’re planning to produce a slew of commemorative whatnots from the images.
Future Canadian garage sales proceeds will benefit from this kind of memorabilia!
This made me laugh! Seriously, every garage sale I have ever been to in any of the provinces I’ve lived in has at least 3-5 royal memorabilia items.
I think the king made the suggestion to come and Canada agreed. That got him a lot of attention. Canada certainly doesn’t need the king to make its point. It could also go the other way. The pomp-obsessed Trump will want carriages and horses and see himself strutting back and forth in the king’s shoes. “All mine,” he will think, “I’m going to get that”.l
Trump is planning his big military parade/birthday party for mid June, for him the tanks will be more satisfying than horse-drawn carriages.
The King doesn’t plan his visits, he’s invited by the country to visit. In this case, as sovereign of Canada (like it or not), it’s a perfect opportunity to have him open parliament and stick it to Trump. This is a thinly veiled warning from Canada to stay the f*ck away from any more talk of annexation or redrawing the border.
BTW, Trump is planning a massive military parade to honour himself on his birthday — it will include more than 6,600 soldiers, 150 military vehicles, 50 helicopters and performances from seven military bands. He doesn’t need horse-drawn carriages.
And the American taxpayer will pay for it.
It’s not either-or, Trump is the sort that wants it all. Tanks AND carriages. Especially if everybody else pays for it. I’m in the DMV and I’m not attending the horrifying tank-fest unless there’s a side protest.
Carney met with Charles when he was first appointed PM and likely got this set up back then. I suspect the conservative PM would have also done the same.
The king acts on advice of the PM and that’s what his personal attendance is all about.
You have the absolute oddest takes on my nation and our culture. I suppose that’s typical of an American.
We don’t need him to stick around. He’s here to make a point – and it’s a big one. It isn’t insulting at all.
This blog’s writers have had to learn more about British culture over the years to ramp up coverage of the royals; maybe Canadian culture will be next as things heat up and these posts draw more clicks and Canadian commentary. It’s interesting to see all the perspectives represented as we learn how people view other countries, and yes, it does confirm some stereotypes of how USians view Canada. But then Canadians hold stereotypes about the US and its people. There’s bias all around. I notice Canadian commentary is patiently mostly attempting to educate.
🙂 Americans, not USians. That’s me patiently attempting to educate.
@beaniebean, yes we know that people from the United States prefer to be called Americans, however America is a continent and many countries comprise it. The use of Americans to reference the people of one country in the continent has long been a mild irritant for other countries in the Americas. I suspect that’s why Who Were These People used USians to make a gentle point about exceptionalism. Technically all inhabitants of the Americas could be called americans.
Not sure why anybody’d think I’d be UNaware of that! 🤨
I really don’t understand why people would find this insulting. It’s not a royal tour. It was never meant to be a royal tour. I am no fan of King Charles but I am actually impressed that an obviously sick man is prepared to come to Canada to open parliament. He’s making a statement here and I am glad he’s doing it.
Agree 100%. This is no self-aggrandizing visit to the “colonials”, it’s our Head of State” making a serious point at a significant event that Canada is a sovereign nation that will not tolerate any bullying from a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist who is now raping his own country and people.
As a US citizen I think this is a great move as it puts the Toddler on notice. As with the “appearance of impropriety” being damaging, the appearance of unity of the King being in Canada and NOT visiting the US will hit the Toddler right where it counts.
Trump will be in a quandary because as much as he’ll want to rant about how rude Charles not to come bend a knee knee to him (barf) he is dying for the BRF’s respect.
So I know that Trump likes to suck up to the royals but I think it’s still only up to a point. If he feels disrespected, he will talk shit about the king.
William is the same type as Trump. Total m a g a .
There are always licensed medical professionals on call whenever there are diplomatic international gatherings even though each group will also bring their own medical entourage. That’s nothing new. Happens in every country and is absolutely necessary to be able to sign on/perform any emergency medical procedure.
My brother worked as a local licensed MD during a G7 summit and while the pay was huge, it was so incredibly boring (you’re basically sequestrated in your room with little access to phone/computer for the duration of the summit;) that he said never again
Trump of course wants carriages, wants gold and all the pomp and circumstance of the British monarchy, embedded in a North Korean-style military parade. I’m still stunned by the gang at the top in the USA. Normal standards no longer apply to governments. It has become a Flodder system
Thank you Canadian CBs for your informative comments. As a Black American, my parents provided me with Black history books bc it wasn’t taught in our classrooms. I had to rethink my views about other countries when I attended undergrad and graduate schools and learned more about the world. And ever since I stumbled upon this blog in support of the Sussexes, this global community has taught me more about their countries and cultures than any higher educational class ever has. But small disclosure, I’m partially biased and cheering for Canada bc some of our decades-long close family friends are French Canadian Americans.
I’m glad C-Rex is doing something positive, esp. considering his poor health. Willy Nilly, like many of our hateful Repubs, has already played Roll Over Red Rover with Felon 47 when he rushed over to greet him in Paris. I’m sure 47 and MAGA don’t know that C-Rex is the head of state of Canada and likely doesn’t know that Denmark also has a royal family and its own government (for some odd reason, 47 really wants Greenland). 47 loves the BRF bc they are the epitome of white supremacy.
Felon47 is living in an echo chamber and his sycophants are constantly lying to him about his ever dwindling popularity and the Supreme Courts’ rulings on cases that he is losing. Its embarrassing that the highest levels of our govt are run by stupid and incompetent morons (apologies to competent morons). Its only been 4 months into his presidency and this imbecile, his corrupt govt and fELONy Musk have done irreparable damage to this country and we’re just starting to feel the pain. Unbelievable!
Canadian here that is no fan of the monarchy. However, I think that this is an historic visit with an audience of one. For now, I’m quite happy to tuck my Not my King sign away. It’ll be a few years I suspect before I’ll consider pulling it out.
Kaiser your top pic is taking me out . Cams hair 😂😂😂
I can’t believe I had to read this far for a comment on that hair!!! And her face, specifically that makeup!! Black brows?? With that bleached blonde hair?? And that rictus grin! Chilling.
24 hours is perfect, we don’t want to pay for longer and we don’t want to put up with Quebec get antsy about it, this visit is just long enough to make a point to the Americans and then we can go back to regular schedule business,
The tone of this article is irritating, it really isn’t up for Americans to decide what is and isn’t insulting to Canadiens,
Sorry but travelling by plane across the world just to stay there for 24 hours is insane. These people really live in an entirely different world.
Charles was invited to open parliament by our Prime Minister. He could have said no, of course, but I hate to think what kind of press he’d have gotten here in Canada if he had! As for all that traveling for one day, sure, I agree with you, but is it any different than political leaders traveling for a funeral of a pope or former president or the Queen? Not really. It’s what they all do.
This is an important event for Canada (and globally). It’s not like he’s going for a lark, this is historical. It’s also a clear reminder for Trump that Charles stands with Canada. He is our sovereign, like it or not, and the King is visibly taking our side against the idiocy of Trump’s threats.
I watched his arrival on CBC and one of the commentators said that the US Ambassador to Canada addressed this by saying Canada needs to calm down and if we have anything to say we should be saying it directly to Trump not using the King to make a point. I loved that she went on to say that Canadians don’t need him telling us how to feel or how to respond to Trump’s idiocies. Presumptuous jerk!
@sueinorleans — 👍👍👍
This is a good illustration of making an enemy (the monarchy) of my enemy (Trump) my friend.
Good going, Canada. Stick it to Trump however you can.
He is his parent’s son. I was just going to say that Charles leaves me cold, but I do consider that he serves. He gets out of his grumpy bed and he goes. I think he’s old and cold, but he has served his country. The picture of Camilla in a suit is so much nicer than a printed house dress. It makes even Cam look good (better). I love that suit. Why can’t she wear more of them for her royal engagements?
We don’t really care about the length of stay. It’s actually more of a message to both Trump and Charles. You want us to keep the monarchy? I know you aren’t courting that Cheeto then!
I, for one, don’t see what difference the trip makes. Everyone knows that Canada is a sovereign nation; Charles’s trip isn’t going to do much to change that, either way, for the people interested in annexing it. The call to annex Canada isn’t coming from Trump himself, it’s coming from his tech-bro backers who want to create a neo-feudalist technate, spanning the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Charles, alone, isn’t going to intimidate them or in any way stand in their way. So, the only question really is: who is willing to commit troops to the defense of Canada? Is the UK? NATO?