Charles is head of state in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and 11 other Commonwealth realms outside the UK. Read more at straitstimes.com.
with 21-gun salutes in their capitals, after the countries’ leaders all attended the coronation ceremony in London.
In New Zealand, the NZ Defence Force said the army fired a 21-gun salute from Point Jerningham in the capital Wellington. A lone street protestor in Ottawa held a sign calling for Canada to abolish the monarchy, echoing the views of two out of three Canadians surveyed in a recent Abacus Data poll. Featured guests included aerospace engineer Farah Alibay, who has worked on Mars rover missions and poet Sabrina Benaim, who spoke of a “coronation of possibility” as she cast a light on social issues including the global transition away from fossil fuels.Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc told AFP the king’s values align with those of most Canadians.
As for the future of the monarchy in Canada, he said it “has been an integral part of our institutions and our identity” and there were no plans to dump it.
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