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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

King Charles hails ‘strong and free’ Canada in speech to open parliament

a man seated on a throne speaks from a document
King Charles delivers the speech from the throne in the Senate in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday, watched by the prime minister, Mark Carney. Photograph: Adrian Wyld/AP

King Charles has said Canadians can “give themselves far more than any foreign power on any continent can ever take away” as he gave a rare speech in the country’s parliament that served as a rebuke of the US president, Donald Trump, and his threats to annex the country.

Charles, who serves as Canada’s head of state, is the first monarch since 1957 to preside over the opening of a new Canadian parliament.

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