King Charles has "expressed his concern" over the Alberta separatist movement in a meeting with Indigenous leaders at Buckingham Palace, according to a delegation of First Nations chiefs that travelled to London.
Grand Chief Joey Pete of the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations said he and other leaders made the King aware of the "threat" the movement represents to treaty agreements signed by First Nations and the Crown more than a century ago.
He added that the King was "very interested in what we had to say" and had "committed to learning more".
It comes as a grassroots separatist movement in Alberta gathers signatures to force a succession referendum in October.
First Nations leaders in Alberta, a western Canadian province, have voiced their opposition to the separation movement, and some have filed legal challenges to effort.
