During a speech at Mansion House, in the City of London, the King made an impassioned plea for religious tolerance and mutual respect, against the background of "international turmoil" in Israel and Gaza.
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00:29 If you wouldn't mind one step to the left,
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00:33 Thank you.
00:34 There we are.
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01:49 Next, there is the breathing space we afford one another,
02:03 leaving us able to think and speak freely.
02:07 This well carries the politeness and respect we owe to one another.
02:13 Our willingness to put others first and treat them as we would wish them to treat us.
02:21 To listen to their views, and if we do not agree,
02:26 to remind ourselves to engage in a way which is passionate but not pugnacious.
02:35 This includes the practice of our religious faith in freedom and neutral understanding.
02:44 One of my first acts as Sovereign, a little over a year ago,
02:49 was to open the doors of Buckingham Palace to the leaders of the major faiths
02:56 represented across these islands, to welcome them with respect and indeed love,
03:03 and to rededicate my life to protecting the space for faith itself within our shores.
03:14 Such understanding, both at home and overseas,
03:19 is never more vital than at times of international turmoil and heartbreaking loss of life.