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‘Amazing, Inspiring People’ says the King in his First Commonwealth Day Speech
By Dana Malcolm
Staff Writer
#UnitedNations, March 13, 2023 – With the extraordinary potential of the Commonwealth comes the responsibility to create a genuinely durable future says King Charles lll, as he celebrated Commonwealth Day along with dozens of other nations formerly part of the British empire.
The King who will be crowned in May spoke of his late mother: “Commonwealth Day was an occasion of particular pride for my beloved Mother, the late Queen – a treasured opportunity to celebrate our Commonwealth family, to whose service she dedicated her long and remarkable life. In succeeding Her Majesty as Head of the Commonwealth, I draw great strength from her example,” he said.
His was a message of togetherness, imploring unity is at the very least intriguing; fanning out across the world at a
The Monarch maintained that the diversity of the Commonwealth, which covers a third of the world’s population, was a constant source of amazement and inspiration for him.
“Our shared humanity contains such precious diversity of thought, culture, tradition and experience. By listening to each other, we will find so many of the solutions that we seek.”
The King said, ‘its sheer scale challenges us to unite and be bold’ and to ‘make a practical difference in the lives of the 2.6 billion people who call the Commonwealth home.’
He thus encouraged the collection of countries to leverage their space and power in the global sphere for good.
“Whether on climate change and biodiversity loss, youth opportunity and education, global health, or economic co-operation, the Commonwealth can play an indispensable role in the most pressing issues of our time. Ours is an association not just of shared values, but of common purpose and joint action,” promised His Majesty.
King Charles maintained that the diversity and ingenuity contained in the Commonwealth “is more than equal to the challenges we face.”