King Charles III is delivering what’s called the “speech from the throne” in Canada on Tuesday, in a rare moment for the monarch.

The speech is set to begin shortly after 10 a.m.

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The speech is the British monarchy’s first since 1977, when Charles’s mother, Queen Elizabeth II, delivered the address. She performed the speech from the throne twice during her 70-year reign.

Charles is in Ottawa on a visit that Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney says will underscore his nation’s sovereignty amid President Donald Trump’s talk of the United States annexing its northern neighbor.