Royal defense: King Charles coming to Canada to send Trump message about 51st state

The Royals are coming to Canada’s defense, arsenic nan state wards disconnected threats from President Trump to make nan Great White North the 51st state.

King Charles has accepted recently elected Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plea to recreation to Canada – connected nan taxpayers’ dime – to springiness a reside that will unfastened Canada’s caller parliament convention connected May 27 – a highly different move aimed to nonstop nan message that Canada is not for sale.

“That intelligibly underscores nan sovereignty of our country,” Carney said connected May 2 during his first property convention aft being elected. “This historical grant matches nan weight of our times.”

While Carney leads Canada’s government, nan state remains a British commonwealth and King Charles is nan charismatic caput of state.

The uncommon bid capacity — nan first clip a monarch will unfastened a caller parliament convention since 1857 — is nary coincidence.

The king and nan premier curate “became bully friends” during Carney’s clip arsenic politician of nan Bank of England from 2013 to 2020, royal historiographer Carolyn Harris told The Post. Carney led nan British cardinal bank’s consequence to Brexit.

And President Trump has made his admiration for nan royal family known connected galore occasions, precocious saying “I emotion King Charles.”

“President Trump has made it very clear that he has tremendous respect for nan monarchy and sizeable affection for nan king himself,” said Justin Vovk, a royal historiographer pinch McMaster University successful Ontario. “So that does supply nan premier curate pinch an further instrumentality successful negotiating pinch nan president.”

“This is not thing that Justin Trudeau ever did,” he added.

Carney played up nan royal relationship again this week successful nan Oval Office, saying he had “met pinch nan owners of Canada” — successful reference to Canada not being for waste – to which Trump answered, “never opportunity never.”

Carney made nan petition to nan king erstwhile he visited Buckingham Palace successful March earlier Canada’s elections.

“It’s a awesome dainty to spot you again,” said Charles, wearing a reddish necktie successful a motion to nan Canadian emblem and his Order of Canada pin, arsenic he greeted Carney.

“The Royal Family can’t make governmental statements – truthful what they deterioration is 1 of nan champion ways for them to show their support without saying anything,” Vovk said of Charles’ attire.

During Charles’ upcoming visit, Canadians will look for a number of symbols that mightiness definitive royal support, and 1 successful peculiar – whether Camilla will deterioration a gem encrusted maple leafage brooch that belonged to Queen Elizabeth.

“That would beryllium a deliberate show of support and solidarity pinch Canada,” said Vovk. “Nothing pinch nan royal family happens by coincidence.”

King Charles’s past sojourn successful 2022, which lasted 3 days, costs Canadians much than $1 million.