King Charles will travel to Canada later this month and deliver the speech from the throne on May 27,ย it was announced Friday.
“This historic honour matches the weight of our times,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday as he announced the news. He added that Queen Camilla would join the visit.
Governor General Mary Simon issued a statement confirming the royal visit on May 26 and 27.
“Whit and I will be delighted to welcome Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Canada. Our Canadian identity is deeply rooted in our constitution and this visit highlights the enduring relationship between Canada and the Crown,” she said.
Every new session of Parliament is opened by a throne speech, a documentย that lays out the government’s expected direction and goals, and how it plans to achieve them.
The last time the speech was actually read by Canada’s head of state was when Queen Elizabeth delivered it in 1977.
The statement said the royal visit’s detailed itinerary will be published at a later date by the Department of Canadian Heritage.
The visit will be the King’s 20th visit to Canada,ย and the Queen’s fifth. Their lastย visit was in May 2022, when Charles was still the Prince of Wales
