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Joseph Stepansky

Key takeaways from King Charles’s ‘Speech from the Throne’ in Canada

King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, arrive to open the first session of the 45th Parliament of Canada in Ottawa, Canada [Victoria Jones/AFP]

King Charles III has delivered a rare royal speech from Canada’s Parliament, emphasising the country’s sovereignty in a new era of “dangerous and uncertain” times.

The so-called “Speech from the Throne” on Tuesday was historic. It represented both the first time Charles had given an address from Canada since becoming king and only the third time the annual speech kicking off the parliamentary session had been delivered by a British monarch, not a lower representative of the Crown.

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