RECAP | King Charles, Queen Camilla wrap whirlwind visit, after War Memorial wreath laying, throne speech

And that was our live coverage of the royal visit and speech from the throne.

The 45th Parliamentary session is now open. And while it may potentially be a short one, the prime minister has said many times that it will be busy.

In the speech — mostly written by the Canadian government — King Charles reiterated Carney's promise of eliminating barriers to interprovincial trade by July 1. That will be among the government's next tasks.

Charles also included touches of his own to the speech, including notes on his fondness for Canada.

"As I have said before: every time I come to Canada … a little more of Canada seeps into my bloodstream — and from there straight to my heart,” he said.

The King began the speech with a land acknowledgement and said he hopes the country finds a path “toward truth and reconciliation, in both word and deed."

"To the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples: you have welcomed my family and myself to your traditional lands with great warmth and hospitality, for which I am humbly grateful," the King said.

For a play-by-play of how the day unfolded you can scroll down for all of our updates or find more coverage here.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre responded to the speech from the throne, saying it includes no real plan.

However, he said his party will work with the government if the Liberals adopt Conservative amendments, including repealing Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act. Poilievre and other critics say that law has hindered the energy sector.

Poilievre, who is not an elected MP, spoke from the foyer of West Block.

Correction: An earlier version of this post said Poilievre is allowed to attend West Block with a visitor's pass. In fact, former MPs can gain access with their parliamentary pin.

Charles and Camilla are heading back to the United Kingdom, marking an end to the pomp and circumstance that’s been hanging over Ottawa for the past 24 or so hours.

Now the work begins for Canada’s 343 elected members of Parliament — both for Liberals trying to push forward Carney’s agenda and opposition members who will hold them accountable.

The speech from the throne includes soaring promises like embarking “on the largest transformation of [Canada’s] economy since the Second World War.”

It also outlines legislative goals like that promised middle-class tax cut and the much-discussed bill to encourage internal trade.

Parliament is set to rise on June 20. But that could be extended into the summer — and it might have to, if Carney wants to get all this done quickly.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida were spotted amongst the guests who took in the speech from the throne.

He won’t be joining the rest of his caucus when they return to the House of Commons, however, since he lost his seat on election night.

Instead Conservative MP Andrew Scheer will lead the Official Opposition’s response to the throne speech from inside the House.

Poilievre is hoping to win a byelection in a Conservative safe seat in order to face off against Carney in the House of Commons later this year.

As the King said his farewells he shook hands with Diana Fox Carney, the prime minister's wife.

Microphones picked her up telling Charles she'll keep her husband on “the straight and narrow” and “make sure he delivers on all of that.”

So he’ll have at least one person at home keeping him accountable to his promises — along with the many, many more in the House of Commons.

Charles and Camilla's motorcade has departed the National War Memorial and is heading to the airport, marking the end of a brief but busy trip to open Canada's 45th Parliament.

As Charles and Camilla made the short walk from the Senate building to the National War Memorial, they took time to greet those gathered along the way.

Charles seemed energized by the walkabout, a regular feature of royal tours and one that had one of its earliest moments at the National War Memorial.

“One of the first royal walkabouts took place [there] in 1939 with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth plunging into a crowd of Great War veterans,” Toronto-based royal author and historian Carolyn Harris told me.

“That was highly symbolic because it was the eve of the Second World War and it was known that war could break out at any time.”

From the 1970s, Harris said, Queen Elizabeth revived the royal walkabout on her tours throughout the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.

Charles and Camilla are paying their respects and laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial after the speech from the throne.

It’s a regular stop on royal visits to Ottawa, and this trip is no different.

The war memorial was unveiled by Charles’s grandfather, King George VI, during his visit with his wife Queen Elizabeth in 1939.

It’s one last engagement today for Charles and Camilla, and one that reinforces a focus that has long been important to them — support for the military. It also has a deep personal resonance.

“There is tremendous poignancy there and you’ve got it happening then on multiple levels,” royal historian Justin Vovk of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., told me.

“You've got the personal poignancy of Charles inhabiting the space and this site of memory that had been inaugurated by his grandparents … the last time that a reigning King was in Canada.

“It also has great poignancy for Canadians who have served in the Armed Forces. Charles's role as commander-in-chief, Canada's tremendously proud history of peacekeeping and its military history. That is a significant way for the King and Queen to show solidarity with Canadians and our history.”

Now that the King has wrapped up the speech from the throne, it has been delivered back to the Speaker of the House of Commons with the instructions from the King that they carry out their duties to the Canadian people.

Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia, as is custom, spoke right before Charles began the speech.

"I am but little able to fulfil the important duties assigned to me,” the Speaker said. He then asked that the Crown recognize all of the MPs' "undoubted rights and privileges," including freedom of speech during debates.

When MPs arrived at the Senate they huddled around the entrance of the chamber, but weren’t allowed to cross a brass bar.

Both the Senate and the House have a brass bar at their entrances, which symbolizes the two chambers’ independence from each other. Only the prime minister is allowed to cross the Senate bar for the throne speech.

The King concludes the speech from the throne by praising Canada as a “force for good” in the world.

“As the anthem reminds us: The true north is indeed strong and free,” he said, which received applause from the room.