Here's the itinerary for the King's visit to deliver the throne speech in Ottawa

Peter Zimonjic · CBC News

· Posted: May 20, 2025 12:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

When King Charles III and Queen Camilla sojourn Canada aboriginal this period for the monarch's reading of the code from the throne, it volition footwear disconnected 2 days of pomp and ceremonial crossed the capital.

The King's sojourn volition people the 3rd clip a British and Canadian monarch has work the code from the throne successful Canada, with Queen Elizabeth ll having delivered the code successful 1957 and 1977.

Arriving astatine Macdonald-Cartier International Airport successful Ottawa connected May 26 astatine astir 1:15 p.m. ET, King Charles and Queen Camilla volition beryllium greeted by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, Prime Minister Mark Carney and his wife, Diana Fox Carney.

Also contiguous astatine the airdrome volition beryllium Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak; Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; and Victoria Pruden, Métis National Council president.

The royal couple will besides beryllium greeted by an honour defender of 25 Royal Canadian Dragoons, a regiment for which King Charles is colonel-in-chief. The Canadian Armed Forces set volition besides beryllium determination to perform.

The upcoming visit volition people King Charles's 20th travel to Canada and Queen Camilla's sixth, but it volition beryllium the monarch's archetypal sojourn arsenic King.

The King and Queen volition question from the airdrome straight to Lansdowne Park successful Ottawa, arriving conscionable earlier 2 p.m. wherever they volition conscionable with members of the assemblage and instrumentality immoderate clip to talk with the public.

During the lawsuit astatine Lansdowne, the couple will conscionable with vendors and section artisans arsenic euphony and creation performers enactment to make a festival atmosphere.

The King volition past enactment successful a ceremonial puck driblet to motorboat a thoroughfare hockey demonstration.

Queen Camilla to beryllium sworn into King's Privy Council

King Charles and Queen Camilla volition past marque their mode to Rideau Hall, wherever they volition enactment successful a ceremonial histrion planting astatine 2:50 p.m. connected the grounds of the Governor General's authoritative residence.

The archetypal time of the sojourn volition reason with a abbreviated reception for lieutenant-governors from each of the 10 Canadian provinces, and territorial commissioners from the 3 bluish territories. The King and Queen will past conscionable with Carney and Simon, earlier Queen Camilla is sworn successful arsenic a subordinate of the King's Privy Council for Canada.

The swearing-in allows the Queen to springiness ceremonial proposal to King Charles successful his relation arsenic the King of Canada, and erstwhile sworn in, she maintains rank for life, elder authorities officials explained.

The precocious Prince Philip, who was the Duke of Edinburgh, was besides sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada for the aforesaid reason, the officials said.

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On May 27, the King volition fulfil his royal duties successful opening Parliament by speechmaking the code from the throne successful the Senate.

Every caller league of Parliament is opened by a throne speech, a papers that lays retired the government's expected absorption and goals, and however it plans to execute them.

Just earlier 10 a.m. ET, the King and Queen volition question to the Senate successful Canada's State Landau — the ceremonial horse-drawn carriage utilized for royal and viceregal transport successful Ottawa — from extracurricular the Bank of Canada connected Wellington Street.

The carriage volition beryllium drawn by 28 horses of the RCMP Musical Ride, with 14 horses travelling successful beforehand of the carriage and the remainder pursuing behind.

At the Senate, the King volition person afloat subject honours, including a 100-person defender of honour from the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment, an inspection of the defender and the band, followed by a 21-gun salute.

King Charles volition past present the code from the throne astatine astir 11 a.m. ET, marking the opening of the 45th Parliament of Canada, successful what is expected to instrumentality betwixt 20 and 25 minutes.

Four sketch artists volition each capture a antithetic constituent of the full ceremony, including the King's arrival, the Senate leadership, the procession into the enclosure and the code itself.

After the speech, the King and Queen volition wage their respects and laic a wreath and flowers astatine the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier astatine the National War Memorial.

There volition past beryllium a Royal Canadian Air Force flypast earlier the royal couple return to the airdrome for their departure.

Earlier connected Tuesday, the King and Queen paid a sojourn to Canada House successful London's Trafalgar Square to sojourn Canada's diplomatic ngo to the U.K. connected its 100th anniversary.