Canada's Carney slams King Charles' silence over Trump's threats

Canada's Carney has slammed the U.K.'s invitation to Trump, saying it undermined a united front against the U.S. president’s talk of annexing Canada.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has criticized Britain’s invitation to Donald Trump for a second state visit, saying it undermined his government’s effort to project a united front against the U.S. president’s talk of annexing Canada.

Since taking office in January, Trump has repeatedly said he wants Canada to become the 51st U.S. state, a suggestion that has angered Canadians and left Britain trying to tread a fine line between the two North American countries.

Britain’s King Charles is also head of state of Canada, a former British colony, and the monarch has made a number of symbolic gestures in recent months, wearing Canadian medals, planting a maple tree and referring to himself as the king of Canada.

King Charles and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at Buckingham Palace earlier this year.Aaron Chow / Getty ImagesCharles, who is still undergoing cancer treatment, is also due to attend Canada’s state opening of parliament on May 27, the first time a British monarch has attended the event in Ottawa since 1977.

Carney, in an interview with Sky News, was asked about British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s move in February to use his visit to the Oval Office to hand Trump an invitation from the monarch for an unprecedented second state visit to London.