Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says The King must stand up to Donald Trump

The King should stand up to Donald Trump over his threat to annex Canada because it is a “direct confrontation” to British sovereignty, the head of the Commonwealth nation’s richest province has said.

In an interview with The Telegraph, Alberta premier Danielle Smith said that the King had a duty to confront the US president in his role as head of state.

“We sing ‘God save the King’ every week when we’re in the legislature,” Ms Smith said. “I swear an oath to the King, our cabinet secrecy is affirmed by our oath to the King, and we’ve got him on our bank notes.”

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