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Trudeau headed home from London after visiting King Charles, Europe security summit

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 03 Mar, 2025 12:07 PM

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed back to Ottawa after ending his London visit with an audience with King Charles.

Trudeau was in London for a weekend security summit — making Canada the only non-European nation represented in talks on how to ensure a possible Ukraine ceasefire actually holds.

Analysts say Trudeau's visit was meant to maintain Canada's role in the transatlantic alliance as U.S. President Donald Trump pulls back from NATO and blames Ukraine for Russia's invasion.

Trudeau said he would raise matters with the King that are important to Canadians, adding that the public is concerned about questions of Canada's sovereignty and independence.

The prime minister visited King Charles this morning at his Sandringham estate. As is custom, Buckingham Palace did not mention the topics of conversation in its readout.

The King is also set to welcome Trump to Britain at a later date — an invitation the British media has attacked since Friday, when Trump shocked the world by publicly scolding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House.

Trudeau's plane left London shortly after noon local time, and he boarded the flight after arriving at Stanstead airport on a British military helicopter.

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