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Toronto.— The brief visit of King Charles III of the United Kingdom to Canada has left a clear message for both Canadians and the world: Canada has a king, and he is not for sale, especially in the face of recent expansionist statements and attitudes of the US President, Donald Trump.
For two days, Charles III and Queen Camilla carried out a series of official acts in Ottawa, in a visit that culminated this Tuesday with the reading of the Speech from the Throne in the Canadian Senate, a highly symbolic ceremony that has been held on only three occasions in the country's history.
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The presence of the British monarch on Canadian territory responded to an express request from Prime Minister Mark Carney, concerned about the growing political and economic pressure from Trump, who has suggested his interest in turning Canada into the “51st state” of the United States.
Trump has gone so far as to call the border between the two countries an "artificial line" drawn by strangers "with a ruler", thus questioning Canada's territorial legitimacy.
A clear message
The visit of Charles III was interpreted as a diplomatic and strategic response to Trump's actions, including the imposition of punitive tariffs on key sectors of the Canadian economy. The reading of the Speech from the Throne by the king was seen as a reaffirmation that Canada remains an independent and sovereign country, with a strong national identity and a clear resistance to any attempt at political or cultural absorption.
