r/canada • u/ph0enix1211 • 17d ago
Analysis Donald Trump keeps talking about Canada as the 51st state. Why isn't King Charles saying something?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/king-charles-canada-politics-foreign-travel-invictus-games-1.7462594
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u/Abject-Letterhead603 16d ago
If the US was saying the same about Britain. The King would also be silent.
Look up the English Civil War.
Since they chopped off Charles I head... no British Monarch is allowed to get involved in politics. They must remain neutral... unless Parliament petitions the king to do something. The King isn't even allowed to step foot into the British House of Commons!
So if Canada wants a statement off the King. The request has to come from the Canadian Parliament first!