Canadian PM to fly in to Holyrood for a visit with the Queen

DAVID ROSS

history and common purpose our countries share”.

Mr Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, was elected as Canada’s prime minister in 2015 and said he is looking forward to meeting the queen whose commitment to public service “has long inspired me and many other Canadians”.

“With this year marking the 150th anniversary of Confederation, I look forward to thanking her personally for her dedication to our country and for carrying out her duties with such grace and strength,” he said.

Mr Trudeau is the son of the late former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau, who was prime minister until 1984 with a short interruption.

Mr Trudeau is married to the former TV presenter, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau and they have three children.

The second Trudeau prime minister worked as a nightclub bouncer and snowboarding instructor before entering the world of politics.

He has been praised for welcoming refugees and supporting LGBT and women’s rights.

He said he was “resolutely pro-choice” on abortion and supported the legalisation of marijuana.

His reputation as a strong leader was

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, former TV presenter Sophie Gregoire.

enhanced when he visited Mr Trump in February. Other leaders have followed but he is deemed as the only one to get the

better of the American President in the handshake. It has been said that for Mr Trump, this normally friendly

traditional form of greeting, is less a gesture of peace and agreement than a declaration of superiority. Mr Trudeau,

Mr Trudeau’s father Pierre on a visit to Gleneagles Hotel in the 1970s.

physically strong and an accomplished boxer, was obviously more than equal to the presidential welcome. One observer

even said on social media: “The handshake is the biggest display of dominance in the history of Canada.”