In Canada, several members of a regional parliament have refused to swear an oath to their new head of state, Britain's King Charles III. Eleven newly elected Québec Solidaire MPs in Quebec province on Wednesday joined three Parti Québécois MPs who refused to take the constitutionally required oath last week.

Instead, they swore an oath on Quebecers. According to lawyers, it is disputed whether they were born without taking the oath of Charles III. take their seats in the provincial National Assembly.

Québec Solidaire spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois told reporters his party colleagues acted "with full knowledge of the facts". "We worked to change the times in Quebec, and if we were elected to Parliament, it was to open windows," he said.

The leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, had described the oath as "a reminder of colonial rule". In addition, the monarchy costs "67 million Canadian dollars a year".

The oath of allegiance to the British Crown has always been controversial in predominantly French-speaking Quebec. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on the dispute that the regional parliament in Québec must decide "how they want to organize their swearing-in process".