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King Charles III
On the record 2026
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“It courses through the dynamic connections between them.”
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“It lives in the people we serve.”
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“This, it seems to me, is the vital essence of the Commonwealth.”
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“It allows us to draw on the collective ingenuity of a third of humanity to address the challenges confronting us all.”
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“It does, however, offer an unparalleled opportunity to work together across our societies and our economies, through our businesses, our institutions and our communities.”
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“The Commonwealth cannot provide all of the solutions.”
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“Together they comprise the crisis of our time.”
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“Each of these challenges, each of these is a challenge of the highest order.”
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“And in each of our countries, for too many people, the opportunity to fulfil their own potential lies far beyond their reach.”
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“Nature is under constant attack and critical natural systems are collapsing.”
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“As I've consistently tried to emphasise, climate change is no longer just a terrifying prospect, but a catastrophic reality which threatens our very way of life.”
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“With little certainty about where it might lead us.”
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“Technology is transforming our societies and our economies at dizzying speed.”
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“Brutal conflict stalks our world, destroying lives and casting long shadows across the globe.”
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“As international norms and systems are tested to their limits.”
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“All around us Trust between nations is under critical strain.”
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“And have chosen to be part of its future.”
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“In fact, in a desperately troubled world, the Commonwealth has welcomed new members who see the unique value of this organisation.”
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“Its vocation is more compelling than ever.”
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“It is a response to the world of today.”
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“The Commonwealth of today is not merely a product of the past.”
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“But we can choose how we set our sails.”
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“For as any sailor navigating the seas knows, We cannot command the winds, least of all where the winds of yesterday have delivered us.”
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“I've always tried to play my part in doing just that.”
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“I've always felt that there is so much that can be done to help lift up those who struggle against hardship and disadvantage.”
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“Investing in jobs and opportunities, encouraging in Commonwealth trade, and inspiring vital climate resilience measures across the world.”
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“Through improving access to education.”
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“The more committed I have become to finding ways for us to work in modern partnership to address the wrongs of the past with action for the future.”
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“The more I have furthered my own understanding of the issues through listening, learning, and looking.”
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“In which the Royal Navy played such a leading role.”
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“As they did with the determination to end international trade in enslaved people.”
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“That character and courage can combine to overcome the most monstrous injustice.”
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“And yet History also teaches us that evil need not have the last word.”
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“As I've said before, That shameful chapter of history is one that fills my heart with horror and my soul with the most profound personal sorrow.”
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“Over these islands and other members of our Commonwealth.”
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“The transatlantic trade and enslaved persons still cast a shadow.”
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“We can, however, learn from the past.”
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“We cannot change the actions of those who came before us.”
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“Yet it can always teach us.”
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“Our history inspires us, can appal us.”
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“And yet its consequences resonate with contemporary force.”
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“Which can be both clarifying and distorting.”
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“History can be hard to compass, viewed as it is through the prism of time.”
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“Our inheritance includes both their achievements and their failures, the good they did, as well as the wrongs.”
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“It is bequeathed to us in complex synthesis by forebears we can never know.”
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“History is not ours to choose or to change.”
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“Which has shaped us in myriad ways.”
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“None of us, of course, uh, would be here today, were it not for our history.”
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“I can only say how glad I am that the Queen shares my enthusiasm for our Commonwealth family and all that it represents, not least to the Queen's Commonwealth Writing competition.”
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“And now particularly as King and Head of the Commonwealth, to which I have always tried to offer whatever service I can, especially in support of young people, of whom Commonwealth countries can count more than a billion, not to mention the protection of the uniquely important natural environments we each depend upon.”
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