King Charles to attend Canadian Parliament’s state opening on first visit as monarch

The King and Queen are to visit Canada for the first time since their coronation and attend the state opening of the nation’s parliament, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Charles is Canada’s head of state and will be travelling to the country with his wife less than a month after former Bank of England governor Mark Carney’s Liberal Party election victory.

Mr Carney’s rival, populist Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, was in the lead until US President Donald Trump took aim at Canada with a trade war and threats to annex the country as the 51st state.

Charles and Camilla will visit Canada later in May (Aaron Chown/PA) (PA Wire)

Buckingham Palace said: “The King and Queen will visit Canada from Monday 26th to Tuesday 27th May.

“The King, accompanied by the Queen, will attend the state opening of the Parliament of Canada, in Ottawa.”