The King and Queen are said to be “very much looking forward” to their short but hopefully “impactful” visit to Canada.
Charles will become only the second monarch – after Queen Elizabeth II – to attend the state opening of Canada’s parliament and deliver the speech setting out the government’s legislative agenda.
The late Queen was the first sovereign to deliver the speech at the state opening of the Canadian parliament on October 1957 – her first visit to the country as head of state.
