Key takeaways from King Charles's 'Speech from the Throne' in Canada

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.

Speaking from the Senate in Ottawa, Charles sought to ground the event as taking place during an equally historic “epoch”. During the statements, the disruptive policies of United States President Donald Trump, who has launched a trade war with Canada and threatened to make the country the US’s “51st state”, loomed large.

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