23-05-2025
King Charles's mission in Canada: deliver ‘soft power with impact'
From hockey matches to a public procession through the capital, the King's visit to Canada will mark an important moment in the country's history.
A palace source described the visit as 'a diplomatic tight rope' but one that Charles 'knows how to walk'. And the mission? To deliver 'soft power with significant impact'.
The world's media and no fewer than four sketch artists will be there to capture the raison d'être of the trip: the King's speech, delivered from a throne that was carved from a walnut tree grown in Windsor Great Park.
Canadians believe that Charles's presence, accompanied by military honours and gun salutes for the King of Canada, will send a 'powerful' message that Canada is not, and never will be, America's 51st
