For the first time in nearly half a century, a monarch is delivering Canada’s Speech from the Throne, effectively laying out Prime Minister Mark Carney’s goals for the upcoming parliamentary session.

The Speech from the Throne opens every new session of Parliament. The Speech introduces the government’s direction and goals, and outlines how it will work to achieve them.

King Charles is in Canada— one of 15 nations he reigns over —for the first time since becoming king.

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University ...

King Charles is depicted in full coronation regalia, with the crown perched beside him on a table, while Queen Camilla appears in her coronation dress, her own crown similarly pla ...

The King and Queen unveiled the artwork by Peter Kuhfeld and Paul S. Benney during a visit to The National Gallery in London ...

Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla with members of the working royal family in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace, London. AP Charles ascended to the throne upon the death of his mother.