Queen Elizabeth would have been horrified by Donald Trump’s latest move

In recent weeks, President-elect, , has repeatedly becoming the 51^st US state, stating Canada and the United States “would really be something”. As idyllic a notion it may be to America’s 47^th President, not only has the embattled Canadian Prime Minister hit back at Trump’s threat to use “economic force”, saying there isn’t “a snowball’s chance in hell” to join the two, the brutal dream conquest of Trump’s would have sent shockwaves through the palace walls – but particularly if was still reigning monarch.For over seven decades, the late Queen’s reign was marked by an unyielding commitment to values of peace, diplomacy, and respect for all nations. Queen Elizabeth II was also the most widely travelled Commonwealth monarch , having made 22 official visits and seven to the country’s capital, Toronto.Before her accession, travelling as a young Princess Elizabeth, her first visit to the country was in place of her ill father, King George VI in 1951 at an impressionable 24 years of age. During this trip, the former Queen toured Nova Scotia with her husband, . Although Queen Elizabeth’s role was purely ceremonial, over the years she had completed more royal tours in Canada than any other commonwealth country.

Therefore, the slight mention of any potential acquisition of the country would have caused heartbreak for Her late Majesty, who was the first of Canada’s sovereigns to be proclaimed as the “Queen of Canada”. She served Canada and Canadians with immense loyalty throughout her reign, and her honour and conduct was highlighted in Justin Trudeau’s condolences which claimed “Canada is in mourning” . Queen Elizabeth’s public statements were generally cautious and non-political, therefore any comments about Trump’s aim to assert control over Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal, I believe, would have been upheld in a manner that upheld her duty as a symbol of stability.But that doesn’t mean privately held opinions would not have been leaked. In the biography a ‘Voyage Around The Queen’ by Craig Brown, formed by Queen Elizabeth after spending time with . Trump first met the late Queen in 2018, during a presidential visit marred by protests in London. A year later, Trump got to enjoy all the pomp and , which included a full state banquet hosted by the late Queen and the Royal Family.Brown made the sensational claim: “A few weeks after President Trump’s visit, for instance, she confided in one lunch guest that she found him ‘very rude’: she particularly disliked the way he couldn’t stop looking over her shoulder, as though in search of others more interesting.”

Trump, however, has always been proud and publicly spoken of his “great relationship” with Queen Elizabeth II. He’s even keen to forge ties and keep relations sweet with the younger generation as they both attended the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, last year.

But Trump’s most recent desire to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal, stating “We need them for economic security”, has received pushback from European royals. Greenland, straddling the Arctic circle between the US, and Europe could offer a unique geopolitical advantage for America and may become more valuable for America’s national security, according to Trump. In an apparent rebuke, the Danish King, , has refreshed the country’s royal coat of arms to display symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands more prominently. The updated design shows the crowns removed and replaced with a polar bear and ram – animals that symbolise Greenland and the Faroe Islands respectively. Swirling conversations online show a clear intention to retain the territory within the kingdom of Denmark – a clever method perhaps, of which Queen Elizabeth II would have been watching with great interest.