King Charles will walk a diplomatic tightrope as he opens Canada's Parliament for the first time, 48 years after his mother.

The King's mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, was the last monarch to open Canada's Parliament in 1957 and was also the most recent to deliver the "speech from the throne" in 1977, in a ceremony that marks the start of a parliamentary session.

King Charles and Queen Camilla are heading to Canada on Monday for a landmark visit to attend the country's state opening of Parliament - at a time when Canada is embroiled in a war of words with Dona