India, May 27 -- As the first sovereign to preside over the opening of a fresh session of Canada's Parliament in nearly 50 years, King Charles III issued a pointed rebuke to the United States and its President Donald Trump by stating that the bilateral relationship has to be based on "mutual respect".

That formed part of the Speech from the Throne, or outlining of the policies to the undertaken by the new Government of Prime Minister Mark Carney, delivered by the King on Tuesday in the Senate. The last time that the sovereign opened Parliament was in 1977 when Queen Elizabeth II did the honours.

The ceremony was marked with pomp and attended by members of the Senate and the newly elected members of the House of Commons, judges of the Su...