A Close friend in Canada just told me that the British king

[malaise]

(Who remains ceremonial Head of State for several Commonwealth countries including Jamaica) flew on a Canadian aircraft to head to Canada for the formal opening of Parliament which is usually done by the Governor General.
He said this is a not so subtle warning to Slobby et al.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Yes King Charles is sending a strong message.

Canada is part of the British Commonwealth.

Trump is not just taking on Canada, he is taking on Great Britain.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Wow, they even had indigenous peoples represented to greet King Charles!

In full regalia, feathers and all. Classy.

[malaise]

3. The first natives are way more forgiving than me

but then I hate all royals. Guess they hate Donvict even more. 😀

[PJMcK]

4. Donvict!

I love that.

Thanks, malaise.

[malaise]

5. Stole it from a DUer

😀

[Butterflylady]

19. I guess he had to bring along his wife (I am being kind).....

Sorry, but I still blame her for what happened to Diana. I still think about Diana and she would've loved being a grandmother.

[3catwoman3]

24. "...I still blame her for what happened to Diana."

As do I. It just frosts me that Camilla gets to be queen. It's just not right.

Diana had to be a virgin, but it was OK for Charles to be an adulterer.

[CTyankee]

29. Yep, me too. It was so sad, what happened to Diana.

she was really used and abused when she was just a kid. I will always remembered that interview she had when she said "there were three of us in our marriage and it was getting a bit crowded." She was just a lost young woman who had great love for her children and needed to protect them. The Queen was such a hard ass, I still get a little pissed when I think of her.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. most eggscllent. your magisty.

[Sequoia]

6. So glad he went to Canada.

Don't mess with the true King,

[mitch96]

20. King Frederik X and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark should visit too...nt

[nuxvomica]

25. The Danish PM visited Greenland in April

She made a special visit for the same reason as King Charles.

[Ocelot II]

26. The Danish PM is a woman, Mette Frederiksen.

[nuxvomica]

27. Thank you. I fixed it.

And I thought I was so clever for remembering the visit.

[surfered]

8. Perfect!

[Bev54]

9. I am hoping there will be some subtle or maybe not so subtle messages to Trump in the throne speech.

It is a reminder to the world that no matter what the orange baboon says, Canada is a sovereign country with ties to other countries, besides the US.

[malaise]

12. Check this out

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/26/king-charles-canada-trump-visit


Carney’s invitation to Charles comes against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s repeated threats that the US should annex Canada and make it the 51st state.

But when the king gives the throne speech laying out the new government’s goals and its plans to achieve them, he will be tightly constrained by what he can say.

“Because we have a constitutional monarchy, the king can only operate inside a box that is defined by parliament – because we don’t want a king, or any unelected person, affecting policy and laws,” said Justin Vovk, a royal historian and author. “Any influence the monarch exerts is done through subtlety.”

[pandr32]

10. Slobby is a wanna-be king.

He has it all confused with despot. He should go try it someplace else--like in Hell.

[spanone]

11. K&R

[flashman13]

13. Did you notice the king shook the hand of the prime minister's wife first?

He's a class act.

[malaise]

14. Few top the Brits with form

Content now - ask their former colonial subjects or their working poor.

[malthaussen]

23. The irony is that the Brits were the least-dreadful Empire...

... which is, granted, a very low bar indeed. But when one reads how other counties treated their colonies, well, if you had to be one, best to be British.

-- Mal

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

28. His wife is a Brit,

Also a very accomplished person...

Specializing in developing nations, she is active in various environmental and social justice causes. She has published research and has collaborated with multiple international think tanks. She has been described as a "widely respected expert on global climate and energy policy",[2][3][4] serving as a board member for numerous not-for-profit organisations. In 2012 she was referred to as an "eco-warrior" by The Daily Telegraph.[5]

Fox Carney has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and a master's degree in agricultural economics from the University of Oxford and an MA in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania.[9] In the 1990s, she was one of the stronger skaters on the women's team of the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club, where she met her future husband Mark Carney, who played goaltender for the men's team.[10]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Fox_Carney

[kimbutgar]

15. I hope he doesn't invite the orange Hitler to England !

[malaise]

16. It won't be his invite

Will be the Governments - he is merely a figurehead Head of State

[Kid Berwyn]

17. Chuck's a better man than Putin, any day.

I like it when he puts common riff-raff like dim donald in their place.

[malaise]

18. Here's the throne speech

Starts about 1.16

[Kid Berwyn]

22. Thank you!

Even if he's a king, Charles distinguishes Canada as a democracy of good people, where freedom of speech and diversity are celebrated and shared. He makes clear the UK and the world are united against fascists like some lardass who lives in the Shite House.

I always wanted to be a Mountie ranging 'round the Yukon...

[KPN]

21. Kicked!

[William769]

30. K&R!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. King Charles took a subtle swipe at Donald Trump during his speech to Canada's Parliament today

Link to tweet

[malaise]

32. Nicely played - thanks 😀

What did he or his wife wear to throw another dig?