Governor General Simon addresses King Charles III as foreign monarch
A tweet from Governor General Mary Simon’s official account implied that King Charles III was visiting as a foreign monarch from the United Kingdom, rather than as the Sovereign of Canada.
It’s the kind of thing most Canadians learn in elementary school civics classes: the King isn’t just a royal guest— he’s our Head of State. But someone at Rideau Hall may have missed that lesson.
A tweet from Governor General Mary Simon’s official account on Monday referred to King Charles III’s visit to Ottawa as a deepening of the “bond between our nations,” implying that the King was visiting as a foreign monarch from the United Kingdom, rather than as the Sovereign of Canada.
