Final day of King’s visit will include parade, throne speech
May 27, 2025 | 2:02 AM
OTTAWA — King Charles and Queen Camilla will wrap up their whirlwind visit to Canada with a bit of royal pomp today including a parade through downtown Ottawa in a horse-drawn carriage.
The royal couple arrived in Ottawa Monday afternoon and spent time at a local farmers market as well as holding private audiences with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon.
Today they are set to arrive at Parliament Hill in a landau escorted by mounted members of the RCMP and ride a parade route where Royal watchers can catch another glimpse.
King Charles is set to read the speech from the throne to open Parliament, making him the first reigning British monarch to do so since his mother Queen Elizabeth II delivered the speech in 1977.
