In footage: King Charles and Queen Camilla welcomed in Ottawa

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have arrived in Canada for a discuss with intended to underscore Canada’s sovereignty within the face of tensions with the USA.

“The Royal Visit is a reminder of the bond between Canada and the Crown – one forged over generations, shaped by shared histories, and grounded in common values,” Prime Minister Mark Carney mentioned in a observation on Monday morning.

The King and Queen will spend the day assembly elected officers and with the local people.

On Tuesday, the King will ship the Speech of the Throne – which is able to lay out the federal government’s priorities and objectives – to Parliament.

A monarch has now not delivered the throne speech in Canada since 1977, making this royal discuss with an extraordinary instance.

Here is a have a look at King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s time in Ottawa up to now:

The King and Queen touched down in Ottawa at round 13:15 native time (18:15 BST). They had been welcomed through individuals of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Armed Forces.

Waiting for them at the runway had been Prime Minister Carney, his spouse Diana Fox Carney, Canada’s Governor General Mary Simon and different dignitaries.

They had been additionally met through nationwide indigenous leaders.

The King wore a depressing crimson patterned tie, whilst the Queen donned a gentle red ensemble from a British dressmaker.

She wore a diamond maple leaf brooch that was once given through King George VI to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, in 1939 forward in their first royal excursion to Canada.

That identical brooch was once handed all the way down to Queen Elizabeth II, and has been loaned to different royals together with Catherine, Princess of Wales.

Carney prolonged a call for participation to the King previous this yr and introduced the discuss with in a while after his Liberal birthday celebration gained Canada’s common election in April.

The discuss with comes amid a industry warfare with the rustic’s neighbour and shut financial best friend, the United States.

US President Donald Trump has additionally many times mentioned the rustic could be as a 51st US state.

At the airport, the Queen was once given a bouquet of plants and he or she and the King had been greeted through faculty teams from the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

Some of the youngsters who attended the coming are enrolled within the Duke of Edinburgh programme, an international formative years construction programme introduced through the overdue Prince Phillip – the King’s father – in 1956.

After the airport greeting, the King and Queen travelled to Lansdowne Park in central Ottawa, the place they met well-wishers, area people teams, farmers, and distributors.

The King took phase in a ceremonial boulevard hockey puck drop.