Watch: King tells world leaders ‘the past cannot be changed’ in landmark Commonwealth speech

King Charles urges world leaders to ‘right inequalities that endure’. Source: PA

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00:00As we look around the world and consider its many deeply concerning challenges,

00:08let us choose within our Commonwealth family the language of community and respect,

00:16and reject the language of division.

00:20None of us can change the past, but we can commit with all our hearts

00:26to learning its lessons and to finding creative ways to right inequalities that endure.

00:33Nothing, it seems to me, would do so more decisively

00:39than to champion the principle that our Commonwealth is one of genuine opportunity for all.