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Good afternoon, and welcome to the
Commonwealth Service at a rather | 0:00:27 | 0:00:31 | |
damp Westminster Abbey. This is
going to be another great day in | 0:00:31 | 0:00:37 | |
March. This service is a celebration
of the modern day Commonwealth, its | 0:00:37 | 0:00:41 | |
diversity in the Queen's commitment
to it throughout her long reign. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:47 | |
Inside, the people have been
gathering for a couple of hours and | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
have been entertained by a Maori
choir who will later on, whilst the | 0:00:50 | 0:00:55 | |
service goes on, will be producing
some absolutely wonderful music. I | 0:00:55 | 0:01:00 | |
think they are taking a breather at
the moment. Largest turnout of the | 0:01:00 | 0:01:06 | |
Royal family, as well, at this
service and there has been for many, | 0:01:06 | 0:01:11 | |
many years. The first appearance at
the Abbey of Meghan Markle ahead of | 0:01:11 | 0:01:17 | |
her wedding to Prince Harry in May
this year. We are seeing now a | 0:01:17 | 0:01:22 | |
procession of 53 flags from 53
nations of the Commonwealth. They | 0:01:22 | 0:01:28 | |
are carried by young representatives
of all those countries and youth is | 0:01:28 | 0:01:35 | |
a real theme today, because the
Commonwealth is young. 60% of the | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
population under the age of 30. The
order in which the flags are | 0:01:39 | 0:01:48 | |
processed is a microcosm of history,
a record of independence of the | 0:01:48 | 0:01:55 | |
order of the countries joined the
Commonwealth. You can see Britain at | 0:01:55 | 0:02:00 | |
the front. At the back, the most
recent joiners, Rwanda and | 0:02:00 | 0:02:05 | |
Mozambique. Both countries have no
historical ties to the British | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
Empire. India's represented, of
course. 1.3 million. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:19 | |
course. 1.3 million. So is Nauru,
just over 10,000 people. Gambia is | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
here as well, be joining the
Commonwealth after a period of | 0:02:22 | 0:02:27 | |
suspension.
Now, Her Majesty the Queen is head | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
of the Commonwealth and she has been
pivotal in its development and that | 0:02:30 | 0:02:34 | |
is a commitment she first made 70
years ago. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:45 | |
As I speak to you today
from Cape Town, I am six thousand | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
miles from the country
where I was born. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:54 | |
But I am certainly not
6000 miles from home. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
In 1947, Princess Elizabeth revealed
her vision for the future of the | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
Commonwealth.
If we'll go forward together, we | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
will be able to make the common
wealth which we all loved so dearly | 0:03:07 | 0:03:13 | |
and even more grand thing. More
clean, more prosperous, more happy | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
and a more powerful influence for
good in the world. Over the past 70 | 0:03:17 | 0:03:23 | |
years, the Queen's hopes have been
realised as it's grown. From eight | 0:03:23 | 0:03:29 | |
to 53 independent countries across
six continents, made up of 2.4 | 0:03:29 | 0:03:35 | |
billion people, totalling a third of
the world's population. The reason | 0:03:35 | 0:03:40 | |
for its growth is perhaps due to one
of the Commonwealth's founding | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
values, that all members are equal.
From India, with the largest | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
population, to the smallest, Nauru
in the Pacific. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:54 | |
The Queen has made more than 200
visits to member countries. Most | 0:03:54 | 0:03:59 | |
recently to Malta for the last
Commonwealth Heads of Government | 0:03:59 | 0:04:04 | |
Meeting in 2015. Other members of
the Royal family travelled the | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
Commonwealth to promote its values,
such as protecting the environment, | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
raising awareness of climate change.
It may literally mean the survival | 0:04:12 | 0:04:20 | |
of their countries or the
extinction. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
Highlighting the importance of young
people. And increasing access to | 0:04:23 | 0:04:30 | |
health and education. There a
younger generation coming through | 0:04:30 | 0:04:35 | |
who want to talk about it but there
is still that stigma. So if us | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
getting tested normalises and makes
a difference, then job well done. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
These values will be at the heart of
discussions in London next month, | 0:04:43 | 0:04:47 | |
when the Queen will preside over her
24th heads of government meeting. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:54 | |
Sitting next to me in Westminster
Abbey as someone who can give us the | 0:04:54 | 0:04:58 | |
inside story on the Commonwealth and
is even writing a book on it. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:03 | |
The Daily Mail journalist Robert
Hardman. What happens at these | 0:05:03 | 0:05:05 | |
meetings? They are very unlike the
average summit on the summit | 0:05:05 | 0:05:10 | |
circuit. That is largely because
they have a family feel. They have | 0:05:10 | 0:05:15 | |
an intimacy that you just don't get
at your average summit. That really | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
comes down from the Queen herself.
We are going to see that | 0:05:19 | 0:05:23 | |
particularly busy because this is a
summit that is going to be at home. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:27 | |
It is going to be staged both at
Buckingham Palace and Windsor | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
Castle. It is going to have a very
atmosphere. And there is something | 0:05:30 | 0:05:36 | |
they have called the leader's
retreat, it's not the sort of thing | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
you would see at an EU summit. No,
you certainly wouldn't get them | 0:05:39 | 0:05:45 | |
wandering off in casual clothes,
dispensing with spin doctors and | 0:05:45 | 0:05:49 | |
minders and going into retreat. Some
of them have even, one in Kuala | 0:05:49 | 0:05:54 | |
Lumpur featured a karaoke, much to
the terror of Mrs Thatcher. They do | 0:05:54 | 0:06:00 | |
have this special atmosphere and
this one will be at Windsor Castle. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:06 | |
And Britain was a late substitute?
Yes, the 20 South Commonwealth | 0:06:06 | 0:06:17 | |
summit couldn't take place in the
original location because of a | 0:06:17 | 0:06:24 | |
natural phenomenon. That is why it
will take place in Buckingham Palace | 0:06:24 | 0:06:29 | |
and Windsor and why we will see so
many of the Royal family here today. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
Theresa May, will be taking over as,
because of her office, she will be a | 0:06:32 | 0:06:39 | |
very important person at the summit
coming up. Yes, this will be her | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
first summit, her first host summit.
Every year, the Commonwealth chooses | 0:06:42 | 0:06:50 | |
a theme and this year the theme,
which Theresa May has already talked | 0:06:50 | 0:06:55 | |
about, is towards a common future.
One of the initiative encourages | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
communities to come together over a
good lunch. My colleague Sonali Shah | 0:06:59 | 0:07:06 | |
is with two people for whom food is
a real way of life, Chetna Makan and | 0:07:06 | 0:07:11 | |
and Ainsley Harriott.
Yes, two good foodies. Chetna, most | 0:07:11 | 0:07:16 | |
of us know you as a finalist from
the great British I got in 2014 but | 0:07:16 | 0:07:21 | |
we won't know how much food helped
you at menu came to the UK from | 0:07:21 | 0:07:26 | |
India all those years ago. Yes, it
did. That is the beauty of it, a | 0:07:26 | 0:07:31 | |
perfect way to break barriers and
get people talking. I used to cook | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
for my colleagues and neighbours and
I found it really easy to connect | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
with them through that. Ainslie, you
are involved in the Commonwealth Big | 0:07:37 | 0:07:43 | |
Lunch alongside Chetna. How can all
of us get involved? Everyone can get | 0:07:43 | 0:07:47 | |
involved because it brings
communities together. The best thing | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
to do is go online and get all your
information but what the | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
Commonwealth has done is created
this wonderful opportunity for | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
people around the globe, 2.5 billion
people, to come together. We a party | 0:07:55 | 0:08:01 | |
here on the June three of June. If
everyone wants to get involved, 9.3 | 0:08:01 | 0:08:06 | |
million people got involved last
year. For those of you that thing, | 0:08:06 | 0:08:09 | |
why should I get involved? Do you
realise 83% of people in Britain | 0:08:09 | 0:08:14 | |
would not recognise their neighbours
in a police line up? That is why it | 0:08:14 | 0:08:18 | |
is so important. There is a lot of
loneliness out there and people who | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
are feeling isolated. This is a
wonderful opportunity on the 3rd of | 0:08:21 | 0:08:29 | |
June to bring all those people
together, regardless of age, | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
regardless of cultural background to
stop it is about that whole diverse | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
loving going on and we can do it
through food. You have put together | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
a recipe for it, what is your
recipe? I have chosen the dish | 0:08:37 | 0:08:42 | |
because it is a mix of vegetables
and you eat it with bread, so the | 0:08:42 | 0:08:46 | |
idea is to put it in a big bowl in
the centre of the table and everyone | 0:08:46 | 0:08:51 | |
can take in. One of my favourite
dishes. Can we do it with some | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
cheese on toast or a glass of wine
if we need to? Of course you can. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:58 | |
You can have a little macaroon and a
cup of tea over the fence with your | 0:08:58 | 0:09:02 | |
neighbour. It's about bringing
people together, it really is. I | 0:09:02 | 0:09:05 | |
would love to come to your house! So
would I, so would I! Food, everyone | 0:09:05 | 0:09:10 | |
thinks is part of the big moments in
our lives but it is those pressures | 0:09:10 | 0:09:15 | |
moments in between also. Thank you
so much. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:21 | |
Thank you. That is a great thought,
those big lunch is coming up. That | 0:09:21 | 0:09:27 | |
is, the Commonwealth Big Lunch one
of a number of events leading up to | 0:09:27 | 0:09:30 | |
the summit of the heads of
government. Robert, another one is | 0:09:30 | 0:09:35 | |
the Commonwealth Fashion Exchange,
which is also going on. That is | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
right, Jeremy. We heard how food can
bring people together. A few days | 0:09:39 | 0:09:44 | |
ago at Buckingham Palace there was a
remarkable event showing how fashion | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
can bring people together. There
were these amazing collections | 0:09:47 | 0:09:53 | |
brought together under one roof,
featuring top fashion designers from | 0:09:53 | 0:09:58 | |
all over the Commonwealth. Also very
small... We see the Duchess of | 0:09:58 | 0:10:04 | |
Cambridge with Anna Wintour of
Vogue. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:09 | |
Big high street names, but at the
same time very small little | 0:10:09 | 0:10:16 | |
producers from other areas, Artisans
and hand-woven crafts coming | 0:10:16 | 0:10:19 | |
together. It represents what the
Commonwealth is about, the very big | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
and very small, with an emphasis on
youth. Lots of support, we can see | 0:10:22 | 0:10:27 | |
there, from the Royal family and
celebrities as well. That is right. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:31 | |
The Commonwealth does bring in VIPs
and celebrities from all over the | 0:10:31 | 0:10:37 | |
world. You see some here today as
well. Other events coming up in the | 0:10:37 | 0:10:39 | |
run up... We have the Queen's young
leaders is another important strand | 0:10:39 | 0:10:46 | |
to this Commonwealth story, another
event that brings together young | 0:10:46 | 0:10:51 | |
people. Youth is a big theme, the
use of the people in the | 0:10:51 | 0:10:57 | |
Commonwealth and this remarkable
scheme that offers a package of | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
training, mentoring and networking
for people who get this award. They | 0:11:00 | 0:11:04 | |
get this award from Her Majesty the
Queen. Yes. Which must be a big | 0:11:04 | 0:11:09 | |
thrill. There we see some of last
year's recipients. A project very | 0:11:09 | 0:11:14 | |
much driven by the Queen has. The
idea is to find really inspirational | 0:11:14 | 0:11:18 | |
young people across the Commonwealth
who are already making a difference | 0:11:18 | 0:11:22 | |
in their communities and who may
well one day go on and run their | 0:11:22 | 0:11:26 | |
countries. There we see last year's
remarkable people. A young man from | 0:11:26 | 0:11:30 | |
Bangladesh who had set out a first
aid project that reached out to | 0:11:30 | 0:11:34 | |
thousands of people in disaster
areas. Everyone you talk to has an | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
extraordinary story, and it has all
been driven by the Queen. In this | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
case, funded by her diamond Jubilee
trust. Let's go back to Sonali Shah | 0:11:41 | 0:11:47 | |
with two people taking part in
today's service. Dr Andrew | 0:11:47 | 0:11:53 | |
Bastawrous and Jaspreet Kaur.
You are a guest speaker because he | 0:11:53 | 0:11:58 | |
received funding from the Queen's
trust, tell us about the focus of | 0:11:58 | 0:12:02 | |
your work? Millions of people across
the Commonwealth are needlessly | 0:12:02 | 0:12:06 | |
blind, four in five who could be
treated with simple treatments. Our | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
mission is to change that by finding
and linking them to the crack | 0:12:09 | 0:12:13 | |
services. You believe they can be
easily treated, things we take for | 0:12:13 | 0:12:18 | |
granted in the western world? For
the majority of people, including | 0:12:18 | 0:12:23 | |
myself, a pair of glasses or a
cataract operation which can be done | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
in ten minutes for £10. Trying to
eradicate this preventable blindness | 0:12:26 | 0:12:30 | |
is an ambitious goal. You think a
device attached to a mobile phone | 0:12:30 | 0:12:33 | |
could really help. Show us that
device. Yes, there's all sorts of | 0:12:33 | 0:12:38 | |
new technologies and this is one
possible way to contribute. By | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
clicking this device onto a phone to
enable someone to see inside the | 0:12:41 | 0:12:45 | |
eye. A non-healthcare worker can
identify someone in a remote | 0:12:45 | 0:12:49 | |
setting, link them to services such
as our programming Kenya, where | 0:12:49 | 0:12:54 | |
teachers are finding people in
schools and making sure they get | 0:12:54 | 0:12:56 | |
treatment on a timely basis. You
will be talking more about your work | 0:12:56 | 0:13:00 | |
during the actual service so we look
forward to hearing more about that. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:02 | |
You will be performing your poem,
the Moment, tell us about its | 0:13:02 | 0:13:08 | |
message. It is a poem about humanity
and togetherness, this idea of what | 0:13:08 | 0:13:13 | |
we can do on an individual basis to
help one another and to help society | 0:13:13 | 0:13:19 | |
in general. I thought today's kind
of the perfect place to share that | 0:13:19 | 0:13:22 | |
message. I know you are such a huge
believer that the spoken word can be | 0:13:22 | 0:13:28 | |
such a powerful tool and almost not
harnessed enough. Absolutely. I | 0:13:28 | 0:13:32 | |
think the arts in general, the
creative scene in general is | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
something we can tap into more. What
I do with poetry is it's an | 0:13:35 | 0:13:40 | |
accessible way for people to talk
about topics perhaps we don't talk | 0:13:40 | 0:13:44 | |
about in other ways, and an
accessible way for people to access | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
those things. I hope that works
today. You are in the middle of your | 0:13:47 | 0:13:52 | |
12 month long honeymoon and this is
part of it. Did you know that, | 0:13:52 | 0:13:56 | |
Andrew? We know how important a day
like this is to both of you. | 0:13:56 | 0:14:01 | |
Absolutely. We have been travelling
for six months so far. Honeymoon in, | 0:14:01 | 0:14:06 | |
also working on humanitarian
projects in countries across the | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
Commonwealth as well, and then we
fly out tomorrow morning to Cape | 0:14:09 | 0:14:12 | |
Town to carry on the journey. Look
forward to hearing both of your | 0:14:12 | 0:14:17 | |
reflections during the service, good
luck. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:22 | |
Sonali Shah with two very impressive
people. What we are going to see now | 0:14:22 | 0:14:29 | |
is a procession by athletes. One of
the big highlights of the | 0:14:29 | 0:14:37 | |
Commonwealth is always going to be
sport. It is one of those things | 0:14:37 | 0:14:43 | |
that links a lot of countries, and
the Commonwealth Games is coming up | 0:14:43 | 0:14:48 | |
next month in April. We are seeing
faith leaders arriving, as well. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:55 | |
Faith leaders are arriving as well.
The Commonwealth is a very diverse | 0:15:00 | 0:15:05 | |
place. So highly appropriate that
sick faith leaders will be year and | 0:15:05 | 0:15:12 | |
we will hear them saying six prayer
later on. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:22 | |
-- six. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:27 | |
I had guests arriving, you can see
some distinctive headwear, religious | 0:15:27 | 0:15:29 | |
symbols. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:37 | |
I went for a walk around the Abbey
just before the main events of the | 0:15:51 | 0:15:56 | |
day started and there was a
remarkable, relaxed atmosphere. A | 0:15:56 | 0:16:01 | |
lot of young people, more than 700
young people are in the Abbey today. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:09 | |
Coming from schools in Northern
Ireland, Wales, Scotland, the North | 0:16:09 | 0:16:15 | |
East, the North West, the Midlands.
Scouts and youth groups including | 0:16:15 | 0:16:20 | |
from Sri Lanka, Botswana, Singapore,
South Africa. A lot of young people | 0:16:20 | 0:16:27 | |
and that is not accidental. The
theme of this event today includes a | 0:16:27 | 0:16:37 | |
lot to do with young people. Robert?
That is correct and right from the | 0:16:37 | 0:16:45 | |
start the Queen has believed in the
fact that young people are of the | 0:16:45 | 0:16:49 | |
Commonwealth. 60% of them under 30.
Nicola Sturgeon is also here today. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:57 | |
Sitting next to the First Minister
of Wales. Scotland has played an | 0:16:57 | 0:17:02 | |
important part in the Commonwealth
story. It held the last Commonwealth | 0:17:02 | 0:17:09 | |
summit in Edinburgh and has hosted
three Commonwealth Games. The last | 0:17:09 | 0:17:14 | |
was in Glasgow. Jeremy Corbyn there,
Norman Fowler put up Cabinet | 0:17:14 | 0:17:21 | |
minister and important man in the
House of Lords. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:25 | |
Today's service will feature some
music performances, one of | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
which will be from former
One Direction member Liam Payne, | 0:17:28 | 0:17:30 | |
who is with Sonali now. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:35 | |
Welcome to the Commonwealth Service.
Tell us a bit more about the song | 0:17:35 | 0:17:39 | |
you will perform today. Today I will
be performing an appropriate | 0:17:39 | 0:17:54 | |
be performing an appropriate song
waiting for the world to change it | 0:17:54 | 0:17:57 | |
up it has some important lyrics. It
has and I think it is appropriate. | 0:17:57 | 0:18:03 | |
As well as having so many fans, and
we know how young the Commonwealth | 0:18:03 | 0:18:07 | |
is, you have also been involved with
the leaders programme. I went down | 0:18:07 | 0:18:12 | |
to the presentation and it was so
nice to see so many young people | 0:18:12 | 0:18:15 | |
doing these amazing things across
the nations. And that is coming from | 0:18:15 | 0:18:23 | |
the use of that is a really
beautiful thing. Well the very much | 0:18:23 | 0:18:27 | |
look forward to hearing from you
later. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:32 | |
Not long now before the royal party
start arriving. There is a very big | 0:18:32 | 0:18:40 | |
turnout of senior members of the
Royal Family this year. Of course to | 0:18:40 | 0:18:44 | |
do with the fact that the
Commonwealth Heads of Government | 0:18:44 | 0:18:48 | |
Meeting will be held here in London.
People are talking, getting ready | 0:18:48 | 0:18:58 | |
for what is going to be a think an
important day. There are of course | 0:18:58 | 0:19:02 | |
is the Prime Minister to reason
they. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:08 | |
-- Theresa May. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
Very well-behaved children. And
Pamela Stewart will take over the | 0:19:16 | 0:19:21 | |
Commonwealth chair from the Prime
Minister of Malta after the | 0:19:21 | 0:19:28 | |
Commonwealth Heads of Government
Meeting here in London next month. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:39 | |
I think we can see the Minister of
health from Botswana. Botswanan is a | 0:19:39 | 0:19:47 | |
country that is very important in
the campaign against affordable | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
blindness and we will be hearing
more about that later in the | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
service. It is the only country in
the world that plans to screen all | 0:19:55 | 0:20:01 | |
children for issues to do with their
site. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:10 | |
-- sight. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
The Royal Family now starting to
arrive. The Countess of Wessex, a | 0:20:14 | 0:20:18 | |
very active oil when it comes to the
Commonwealth. Yes she has been key | 0:20:18 | 0:20:23 | |
to that campaign on avoidable Linus.
Vice patron of the diamond jubilee | 0:20:23 | 0:20:30 | |
trust and she has been out looking
at much of its work. She was in | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
Bangladesh just a few months ago and
she managed herself to diagnose a | 0:20:34 | 0:20:39 | |
seven-month-old baby with a serious
eye condition and that has now | 0:20:39 | 0:20:47 | |
successfully intruded. The Duke of
York just coming through the West | 0:20:47 | 0:20:54 | |
door of the Abbey. He was recently
in Australia, and he went to the | 0:20:54 | 0:20:58 | |
Gold Coast whether Commonwealth
Games is to be held next month. Yes | 0:20:58 | 0:21:05 | |
and he will be holding his own event
in conjunction with the summit. With | 0:21:05 | 0:21:09 | |
young entrepreneurs, a special
Commonwealth event. Earlier we had | 0:21:09 | 0:21:16 | |
the Duchess of Gloucester coming in,
the Duke of Gloucester earlier today | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
and he is actually in Malawi having
a Commonwealth bid lunch. The | 0:21:20 | 0:21:26 | |
Princess Royal coming in behind the
Duke of York, she is very key to a | 0:21:26 | 0:21:30 | |
lot of what the Royal Family do in
the Commonwealth. The Princess Royal | 0:21:30 | 0:21:37 | |
was just last year in Ghana marking
the 60th anniversary of their | 0:21:37 | 0:21:43 | |
independence. And the lady in the
blue suit, Baroness Scotland, | 0:21:43 | 0:21:48 | |
Secretary General of the
Commonwealth. As also lined up in | 0:21:48 | 0:21:54 | |
that receiving line the Prime
Minister of Malta. Doctor Joseph | 0:21:54 | 0:22:01 | |
Muscat. He will be giving a reading
later on. Talking there to the | 0:22:01 | 0:22:08 | |
Queens cousin, Princess Alexandra.
And behind it the Duchess of | 0:22:08 | 0:22:14 | |
Gloucester I think. A very active
participant in a lot of things. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:30 | |
participant in a lot of things. Lord
Howell of Guildford talking now. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:36 | |
President of the Royal Commonwealth
Society. These are some of the week | 0:22:36 | 0:22:41 | |
movers inside the Commonwealth.
Quite relaxed atmosphere as you can | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
see. The Prince of Wales. I think he
will be arriving now. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:59 | |
will be arriving now. The Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge arriving. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:08 | |
Sporting his new haircut. The
Duchess of course expecting her | 0:23:08 | 0:23:14 | |
third child in April and will become
fifth in line to the throne. As well | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
as that there is Meghan Markle. A
lot of attention will be on her | 0:23:17 | 0:23:23 | |
today. Wearing that cream coat there
with Prince Harry who she will marry | 0:23:23 | 0:23:29 | |
at St George 's Chapel in Windsor in
May. They're | 0:23:29 | 0:23:38 | |
May. They're looking at dances and
drummers from Ghana. Meghan Markle | 0:23:41 | 0:23:46 | |
having a crash course in all things
British. She has been all over the | 0:23:46 | 0:23:52 | |
country with Prince Harry in recent
weeks, to all parts of the United | 0:23:52 | 0:23:57 | |
Kingdom. Today will be her first
official engagement in the company | 0:23:57 | 0:24:01 | |
of the Queen. And her first
experience of a big state occasion | 0:24:01 | 0:24:06 | |
at Westminster Abbey. The place
where coronations and royal weddings | 0:24:06 | 0:24:13 | |
have taken place. So somewhere that
will feature a great deal in her | 0:24:13 | 0:24:19 | |
married life. And I would imagine
the Commonwealth is going to also | 0:24:19 | 0:24:25 | |
feature pretty heavily with Prince
had been dashed Prince Harry and | 0:24:25 | 0:24:30 | |
Meghan Markle as well. She has
already said that she looks forward | 0:24:30 | 0:24:32 | |
to doing some visits. They have both
spoken of the work they look forward | 0:24:32 | 0:24:40 | |
to doing in the Commonwealth, as
with all younger members of the | 0:24:40 | 0:24:45 | |
Royal Family. The Duke of Cambridge
as well, they visited Canada, | 0:24:45 | 0:24:55 | |
Australia and New Zealand with their
young children. And we'll be meeting | 0:24:55 | 0:25:01 | |
the entire Commonwealth diplomatic
corps tonight at Marlborough house. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:06 | |
Thanks to the Queen ambassadors from
the Commonwealth are not even called | 0:25:06 | 0:25:12 | |
ambassadors but High Commissioners
and they will all be invited tonight | 0:25:12 | 0:25:15 | |
along with the Prince of Wales.
Meghan Markle has said some of the | 0:25:15 | 0:25:20 | |
campaigns she has already been
involved with in the past have been | 0:25:20 | 0:25:22 | |
in Commonwealth countries such as
Rwanda. Fairly new member of the | 0:25:22 | 0:25:28 | |
Commonwealth and of course India
which has been in the Commonwealth | 0:25:28 | 0:25:32 | |
for a long time. The great thing
about Commonwealth, it spans all | 0:25:32 | 0:25:38 | |
continents and all religious faiths.
And that emphasis on use which I | 0:25:38 | 0:25:46 | |
think we'll be on the minds of this
younger generation of the Royal | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
Family who I now doing a lot of that
oversees work but once upon a time | 0:25:49 | 0:25:54 | |
the Queen would have done. The Duke
still speaking to Joseph Muscat and | 0:25:54 | 0:26:06 | |
his wife, the Prime Minister of
Malta. The director of the Royal | 0:26:06 | 0:26:12 | |
Commonwealth Society there. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:20 | |
Commonwealth Society there. The Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge have | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
carried out overseas visits on
behalf of the Queen including | 0:26:23 | 0:26:26 | |
Commonwealth countries, Canada,
Australia and New Zealand. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:36 | |
Australia and New Zealand. Waiting
for the arrival of the Prince of | 0:26:36 | 0:26:40 | |
Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.
Taking a look at those dancers from | 0:26:40 | 0:26:48 | |
Ghana. Here they are. Environmental
issues is something the Prince of | 0:26:48 | 0:26:59 | |
Wales is passionate about and of
course that is a big thing for the | 0:26:59 | 0:27:02 | |
Commonwealth. Over the years the
Commonwealth has reflected and very | 0:27:02 | 0:27:05 | |
much applauded a lot of his
initiatives to do with the | 0:27:05 | 0:27:09 | |
environment. 24 Commonwealth nations
are small island states and very | 0:27:09 | 0:27:15 | |
vulnerable to environmental change.
The Prince attuned to their | 0:27:15 | 0:27:21 | |
concerns. He has visited 43
Commonwealth countries and most | 0:27:21 | 0:27:26 | |
recently Malaysia and Antigua and
Barbuda. He was out in Asia towards | 0:27:26 | 0:27:33 | |
the end of last year and went to
India as well on that tour. As ever | 0:27:33 | 0:27:40 | |
very much representing the Queen,
supporting her work and at the same | 0:27:40 | 0:27:46 | |
time talking a lot about the core
concerns of the Commonwealth, young | 0:27:46 | 0:27:53 | |
people, environmental problems in
the future. Her Majesty the Queen | 0:27:53 | 0:27:59 | |
has arrived outside. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:08 | |
FANFARE | 0:28:32 | 0:28:40 | |
Fanfare from the state trumpeters of
the Household Cavalry. The Queen | 0:28:52 | 0:28:58 | |
entering Westminster Abbey. And from
the beginning she has shown a huge | 0:28:58 | 0:29:02 | |
commitment to the Commonwealth and
she seems really to be enjoying | 0:29:02 | 0:29:07 | |
herself already today. I think that
the Queen you could say is the | 0:29:07 | 0:29:12 | |
Commonwealth. Greeting people that
she meets every year at this event. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:16 | |
An event that she herself has
created. She has not missed a | 0:29:16 | 0:29:21 | |
service since 1986 and only then
because she was on tour at the time | 0:29:21 | 0:29:26 | |
for stop her first footstep abroad
was in the heart of the Commonwealth | 0:29:26 | 0:29:30 | |
when she went to Africa in 1947 with
her father put up she has held this | 0:29:30 | 0:29:35 | |
organisation together. Going from
eight nations to what it is today, | 0:29:35 | 0:29:40 | |
53. People will be well aware that
if not for her this organisation | 0:29:40 | 0:29:46 | |
might not even be here today. There
is a quote from Winston Churchill | 0:29:46 | 0:29:51 | |
when he was Prime Minister, she was
already the Queen and he said the | 0:29:51 | 0:29:55 | |
monarch is the magic link uniting
are loosely bound but strongly | 0:29:55 | 0:30:00 | |
interwoven Commonwealth. I think
that has deepened over the years. I | 0:30:00 | 0:30:05 | |
think so. It is often said that she
is the group holding them together. | 0:30:05 | 0:30:16 | |
They are here, next, the national
anthem. The Grenadier Guards. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:23 | |
# God save our gracious Queen. | 0:30:56 | 0:31:01 | |
# Long live our noble Queen. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:07 | |
# God save the Queen. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:14 | |
# Send her victorious. | 0:31:14 | 0:31:22 | |
# Happy and glorious. | 0:31:22 | 0:31:27 | |
# Long to reign over us. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:35 | |
# God save the Queen #. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:43 | |
The processional hymn. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:52 | |
# O praise ye the Lord! | 0:32:01 | 0:32:07 | |
# Praise Him in the height. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:11 | |
# Rejoice in His Word,
ye angels of light. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:18 | |
# Ye heavens, adore Him
by whom ye were made. | 0:32:18 | 0:32:25 | |
# And worship before Him
in brightness arrayed. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:33 | |
# O praise ye the Lord! | 0:32:34 | 0:32:38 | |
# Praise Him upon earth. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:43 | |
# In tuneful accord,
ye sons of new birth. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:51 | |
# Praise Him who hath brought
you His grace from above. | 0:32:51 | 0:32:59 | |
# Praise Him who hath taught
you to sing of His love. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:08 | |
# O praise ye the Lord! | 0:33:09 | 0:33:13 | |
# All things that give sound. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:17 | |
# Each jubilant chord
re-echo around. | 0:33:17 | 0:33:25 | |
# Loud organs, His glory
forth tell in deep tone. | 0:33:25 | 0:33:33 | |
# And sweet harp, the story
of what He hath done. | 0:33:33 | 0:33:41 | |
# O praise ye the Lord! | 0:33:43 | 0:33:47 | |
# Thanksgiving and song. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:53 | |
# To Him be outpoured
all ages along! | 0:33:53 | 0:33:55 | |
# For love in creation,
for Heaven restored. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:07 | |
# For grace of salvation,
O praise ye the Lord! | 0:34:07 | 0:34:15 | |
# O praise ye the Lord | 0:34:21 | 0:34:29 | |
On behalf of the Dean and Chapter,
I welcome you warmly to | 0:35:57 | 0:36:00 | |
Westminster Abbey, for our
annual celebration of the | 0:36:00 | 0:36:02 | |
Commonwealth. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:03 | |
This year we look together
Towards a Common Future, in which | 0:36:03 | 0:36:05 | |
all can flourish and become
what we are in the care and | 0:36:05 | 0:36:08 | |
keeping of almighty God. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:11 | |
As we give thanks for our
rich diversity and for | 0:36:11 | 0:36:16 | |
our common humanity,
let us pray together | 0:36:16 | 0:36:21 | |
for peace and unity,
and that we may | 0:36:21 | 0:36:23 | |
offer one another mutual
friendship and support. | 0:36:23 | 0:36:28 | |
First, in the words of Jesus,
let us pray for the coming of | 0:36:28 | 0:36:33 | |
God's kingdom. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:36 | |
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name; | 0:36:36 | 0:36:40 | |
thy kingdom come; thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:44 | |
Give us this day our daily bread. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:48 | |
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those | 0:36:48 | 0:36:50 | |
who trespass against us. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:54 | |
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil. | 0:36:54 | 0:37:00 | |
For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory, | 0:37:00 | 0:37:02 | |
for ever and ever. | 0:37:02 | 0:37:03 | |
Amen. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:10 | |
Now with their own special welcome,
the London Maori choir. | 0:37:15 | 0:37:29 | |
CONCH BLOWING. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:40 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:40:45 | 0:40:50 | |
The moment that you realise that
true contentment can be found | 0:40:59 | 0:41:03 | |
when you serve others,
all other desires will seem so small | 0:41:03 | 0:41:09 | |
The moment you see joy
in another beings eyes | 0:41:09 | 0:41:13 | |
because of your own selfless
actions, life starts | 0:41:13 | 0:41:16 | |
to make a lot more sense. | 0:41:16 | 0:41:22 | |
The moment that you begin to act
as the reflection of the visions | 0:41:22 | 0:41:26 | |
you have for a better world,
things will begin to change. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:34 | |
The moment you recognise
your responsibility | 0:41:37 | 0:41:40 | |
for the betterment of others,
you'll see such a beauty in life. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:42 | |
The moment you recognise that
you will make more of an impact | 0:41:42 | 0:41:46 | |
by being righteous than always
being right, rewards | 0:41:46 | 0:41:52 | |
will come and fall into your lap. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:59 | |
The moment you are more
concerned about learning | 0:41:59 | 0:42:01 | |
to love than to be loved,
positive emotions of oceanic | 0:42:01 | 0:42:03 | |
depths will engulf you. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:11 | |
The moment you are more concerned
about understanding others | 0:42:16 | 0:42:18 | |
than being understood,
your mind will truly begin to learn. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:26 | |
The moment that we realise
that our enemies are not | 0:42:30 | 0:42:33 | |
physical flesh and blood yet
they are our thoughts, | 0:42:33 | 0:42:35 | |
peace will begin on conquer. | 0:42:35 | 0:42:39 | |
The moment we overcome
your inner enemies | 0:42:39 | 0:42:41 | |
rather than deflecting on others,
meriment will come find you. | 0:42:41 | 0:42:48 | |
The moment that you learn how
to listen rather than always | 0:42:48 | 0:42:52 | |
try to be heard, you will hear
languages you thought your | 0:42:52 | 0:42:55 | |
mind couldn't fathom. | 0:42:55 | 0:43:03 | |
The moment you realise that life
will always be about mastering | 0:43:03 | 0:43:06 | |
and relearning and conquering
and climbing, your journey | 0:43:06 | 0:43:08 | |
will begin to feel so smooth. | 0:43:08 | 0:43:12 | |
The moment you allow yourself
to believe that we can change this | 0:43:12 | 0:43:14 | |
world for the better,
we will do it. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:19 | |
Because life is but these
moments where we learn, | 0:43:19 | 0:43:22 | |
change, grow and give. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:25 | |
So go live your moments. | 0:43:25 | 0:43:30 | |
Thank you. | 0:43:30 | 0:43:36 | |
Inspiring words from Jaspreet Kaur,
a well deserved applause. Next, a | 0:43:36 | 0:43:42 | |
modern choral anthem. | 0:43:42 | 0:43:49 | |
By the grace given to me I say
to everyone among you not to think | 0:48:42 | 0:48:45 | |
of yourself more highly
than you ought to think, | 0:48:45 | 0:48:49 | |
but to think with sober judgement,
each according to the measure | 0:48:49 | 0:48:52 | |
of faith that God has assigned. | 0:48:52 | 0:48:57 | |
For as in one body we have many
members, and not all the members | 0:48:57 | 0:49:03 | |
have the same function, so we,
who are many, are one body | 0:49:03 | 0:49:06 | |
in Christ, and individually
we are members one of another. | 0:49:06 | 0:49:14 | |
We have gifts that differ according
to the grace given to us: prophecy, | 0:49:14 | 0:49:20 | |
in proportion to faith; ministry,
in ministering; the teacher, | 0:49:20 | 0:49:25 | |
in teaching; the exhorter,
in exhortation; the giver, | 0:49:25 | 0:49:30 | |
in generosity; the leader,
in diligence; the compassionate, | 0:49:30 | 0:49:36 | |
in cheerfulness. | 0:49:36 | 0:49:41 | |
Let love be genuine; hate
what is evil, hold fast | 0:49:41 | 0:49:45 | |
to what is good; love one another
with mutual affection; outdo one | 0:49:45 | 0:49:49 | |
another in showing honour. | 0:49:49 | 0:49:54 | |
Do not lag in zeal, be ardent
in spirit, serve the Lord. | 0:49:54 | 0:50:00 | |
Rejoice in hope, be patient
in suffering, persevere in prayer. | 0:50:00 | 0:50:08 | |
Contribute to the needs
of the saints; extend | 0:50:09 | 0:50:12 | |
hospitality to strangers. | 0:50:12 | 0:50:20 | |
Just below the monument to Isaac
Newton now Liam Payne is going to | 0:50:22 | 0:50:30 | |
sing. | 0:50:30 | 0:50:35 | |
sing. Waiting on the World to
Change. | 0:50:40 | 0:50:46 | |
# Me and all my friends. | 0:50:46 | 0:50:48 | |
# So misunderstood. | 0:50:48 | 0:50:50 | |
# They say we stand for nothing. | 0:50:50 | 0:50:53 | |
# And there's no way we ever could. | 0:50:53 | 0:50:57 | |
# Now we see everything
that's going wrong. | 0:50:57 | 0:50:59 | |
# With the world and
those who lead it. | 0:50:59 | 0:51:03 | |
# We just feel like we
don't have the means. | 0:51:03 | 0:51:06 | |
# To rise above and beat it. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:08 | |
# So we keep waiting. | 0:51:08 | 0:51:10 | |
# Waiting on the world to change. | 0:51:10 | 0:51:13 | |
# We keep on waiting. | 0:51:13 | 0:51:16 | |
# Waiting on the world to change. | 0:51:16 | 0:51:20 | |
# It's hard to beat the system. | 0:51:20 | 0:51:22 | |
# When we're standing at a distance. | 0:51:22 | 0:51:25 | |
# So we keep waiting. | 0:51:25 | 0:51:28 | |
# Waiting on the world to change. | 0:51:28 | 0:51:32 | |
# Now if we had the power. | 0:51:32 | 0:51:34 | |
# To bring our neighbours
home from war. | 0:51:34 | 0:51:38 | |
# They would have never
missed a Christmas. | 0:51:38 | 0:51:40 | |
# No more ribbons on their door. | 0:51:40 | 0:51:44 | |
# And when you trust
your television. | 0:51:44 | 0:51:47 | |
# What you get is what you got. | 0:51:47 | 0:51:49 | |
# Cos when they own the information. | 0:51:49 | 0:51:53 | |
# Oh they can bend it all they want. | 0:51:53 | 0:51:55 | |
# That's why we're waiting. | 0:51:55 | 0:51:58 | |
# Waiting on the world to change. | 0:51:58 | 0:52:01 | |
# We keep on waiting. | 0:52:01 | 0:52:03 | |
# Waiting on the world to change. | 0:52:03 | 0:52:07 | |
# It's not that we don't care. | 0:52:07 | 0:52:11 | |
# We just know that
the fight ain't fair. | 0:52:11 | 0:52:13 | |
# So we keep on waiting. | 0:52:13 | 0:52:15 | |
# Waiting on the world to change. | 0:52:15 | 0:52:23 | |
# Mmm. | 0:52:23 | 0:52:29 | |
# Ooooo. | 0:52:29 | 0:52:30 | |
# Yeah. | 0:52:30 | 0:52:35 | |
# Ooooo. | 0:52:35 | 0:52:38 | |
# Ooooooo. | 0:52:38 | 0:52:40 | |
# Ooooo. | 0:52:40 | 0:52:41 | |
# Yeah. | 0:52:41 | 0:52:46 | |
# That's why we're waiting. | 0:52:46 | 0:52:47 | |
# Waiting on the world to change. | 0:52:47 | 0:52:50 | |
# We keep on waiting. | 0:52:50 | 0:52:53 | |
# Waiting on the world to change. | 0:52:53 | 0:52:56 | |
# One day our generation. | 0:52:56 | 0:52:59 | |
# Is gonna rule the population. | 0:52:59 | 0:53:02 | |
# So we keep on waiting. | 0:53:02 | 0:53:05 | |
# Waiting on the world to change. | 0:53:05 | 0:53:08 | |
# Waiting on the world to change. | 0:53:08 | 0:53:11 | |
# Waiting on the world to change. | 0:53:11 | 0:53:15 | |
# Waiting on the world to change. | 0:53:15 | 0:53:18 | |
#. | 0:53:18 | 0:53:25 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:53:25 | 0:53:33 | |
Mama Philip was 80 years old. | 0:53:36 | 0:53:39 | |
When I first met her in Kenya
she had been blind for 20 years, | 0:53:39 | 0:53:42 | |
and was dependent on her son Philip. | 0:53:42 | 0:53:44 | |
Living an hour's walk
from the nearest road, | 0:53:44 | 0:53:46 | |
she was unable to walk
or cook for herself. | 0:53:46 | 0:53:50 | |
Her family thought she had dementia. | 0:53:50 | 0:53:53 | |
When people lose their eyesight,
they often lose their independence, | 0:53:53 | 0:53:56 | |
their dignity, and their capacity
to be a productive | 0:53:56 | 0:53:58 | |
member of the community. | 0:53:58 | 0:54:02 | |
A healthcare worker
examined Mama Philip | 0:54:02 | 0:54:04 | |
and referred her to our clinic. | 0:54:04 | 0:54:07 | |
When I examined her I realised her
problem was not dementia - | 0:54:07 | 0:54:10 | |
it was cataract, a curable
condition. | 0:54:10 | 0:54:12 | |
And yet, she had lost two
decades of her life. | 0:54:12 | 0:54:17 | |
Sadly her story is not unique. | 0:54:17 | 0:54:20 | |
85 Million people across
the Commonwealth are blind | 0:54:20 | 0:54:22 | |
or have very poor sight. | 0:54:22 | 0:54:29 | |
Four in five unnecessarily
so, like Mama Philip | 0:54:29 | 0:54:31 | |
they have a treatable condition. | 0:54:31 | 0:54:32 | |
I could have been one of them. | 0:54:32 | 0:54:34 | |
I was diagnosed with severe visual
impairment at the age of 12, | 0:54:34 | 0:54:37 | |
but I had access to simple
treatment, a pair of glasses. | 0:54:37 | 0:54:41 | |
I'll never forget the
moment I tried them on. | 0:54:41 | 0:54:44 | |
For the first time,
I saw leaves on trees. | 0:54:44 | 0:54:51 | |
I saw stars in the night sky. | 0:54:51 | 0:54:53 | |
It was breath-taking. | 0:54:53 | 0:54:54 | |
What else had I been missing? | 0:54:54 | 0:54:56 | |
It turned out a lot. | 0:54:56 | 0:54:58 | |
With that simple pair
of glasses my education, | 0:54:58 | 0:55:00 | |
social life and hopes for the future
changed dramatically, in fact, | 0:55:00 | 0:55:04 | |
the entire trajectory
of my life changed. | 0:55:04 | 0:55:08 | |
I knew from a young age
that the opportunities | 0:55:08 | 0:55:11 | |
I had were not universal. | 0:55:11 | 0:55:14 | |
It ignited a fire in me,
which led me to become a doctor, | 0:55:14 | 0:55:17 | |
then an eye surgeon. | 0:55:17 | 0:55:19 | |
In 2012 I left my role in the NHS
and with my wife and our baby son | 0:55:19 | 0:55:23 | |
we moved to Kenya to set up
100 eye clinics. | 0:55:23 | 0:55:27 | |
It was tough. | 0:55:27 | 0:55:29 | |
We'd work day and night examining
and treating everyone we could, | 0:55:29 | 0:55:33 | |
but it soon became clear it
would never be enough. | 0:55:33 | 0:55:36 | |
Something needed to change. | 0:55:36 | 0:55:39 | |
With our team in Kenya,
we began building smartphone apps | 0:55:39 | 0:55:43 | |
and devices that made it possible
for a non-specialist | 0:55:43 | 0:55:46 | |
to measure someone's vision,
see inside their eye and connect | 0:55:46 | 0:55:48 | |
them to the right services. | 0:55:48 | 0:55:55 | |
Our first trial saw 25 teachers
screen 21,000 children, | 0:55:55 | 0:55:58 | |
identifying 900 with visual
impairment in just 9 days. | 0:55:58 | 0:56:00 | |
This work was replicated and refined
in India and then in Botswana, | 0:56:00 | 0:56:03 | |
which is now set to screen and treat
every school child in the country | 0:56:03 | 0:56:07 | |
by 2020 - a world first. | 0:56:07 | 0:56:11 | |
An entire generation
of school children will have | 0:56:11 | 0:56:14 | |
access to good eye health
and all the opportunities it brings. | 0:56:14 | 0:56:19 | |
Advances in technology,
treatment and public | 0:56:19 | 0:56:21 | |
health mean that for most,
poor vision and blindness no longer | 0:56:21 | 0:56:23 | |
need to be a life sentence. | 0:56:23 | 0:56:27 | |
For the first time in human history,
it is within our power to eliminate | 0:56:27 | 0:56:30 | |
avoidable blindness and poor vision,
for everybody, everywhere. | 0:56:30 | 0:56:35 | |
Every country in the Commonwealth
has the opportunity to transform | 0:56:35 | 0:56:38 | |
their citizens' eye health,
in a matter of years, | 0:56:38 | 0:56:40 | |
not generations. | 0:56:40 | 0:56:43 | |
But no country can do this alone. | 0:56:43 | 0:56:46 | |
Our work wouldn't be possible
without collaboration | 0:56:46 | 0:56:48 | |
from our friends and partners
in Kenya, India, | 0:56:48 | 0:56:50 | |
Botswana and beyond. | 0:56:50 | 0:56:52 | |
That is why the Commonwealth
is so important - | 0:56:52 | 0:56:54 | |
we have a shared history,
but more importantly | 0:56:54 | 0:56:57 | |
we have a shared future. | 0:56:57 | 0:56:59 | |
By working together,
we can make that future better | 0:56:59 | 0:57:02 | |
for millions of citizens
across the Commonwealth, | 0:57:02 | 0:57:05 | |
and across the world. | 0:57:05 | 0:57:07 | |
At a time where there
is such focus on division, | 0:57:07 | 0:57:09 | |
vision can unite all of us. | 0:57:09 | 0:57:12 | |
That's why, inspired
by the leadership shown in Botswana | 0:57:12 | 0:57:15 | |
and by the commitment of many
others, leading eye health | 0:57:15 | 0:57:19 | |
organisations and banks
are establishing a $1 | 0:57:19 | 0:57:21 | |
Billion Catalyst Fund to enable
all Commonwealth countries to move | 0:57:21 | 0:57:25 | |
towards universal eye health. | 0:57:25 | 0:57:30 | |
The Commonwealth can be an example
to the world of what is possible | 0:57:30 | 0:57:33 | |
when we unite around a cause. | 0:57:33 | 0:57:36 | |
When we do, we will hear
more and more stories | 0:57:36 | 0:57:38 | |
like that of Mama Philip,
the lady who'd been | 0:57:38 | 0:57:40 | |
blind for 20 years. | 0:57:40 | 0:57:43 | |
Her surgery was a success. | 0:57:43 | 0:57:46 | |
She looked years younger,
and was no longer displaying | 0:57:46 | 0:57:48 | |
any signs of dementia. | 0:57:48 | 0:57:51 | |
Later that day we took her home. | 0:57:51 | 0:57:53 | |
We watched the sheer wonder
as she took in her surroundings, | 0:57:53 | 0:57:57 | |
then the anticipation to see faces
that had become voices, | 0:57:57 | 0:58:04 | |
as we arrived, | 0:58:04 | 0:58:07 | |
a man was stood at her
door, expectantly. | 0:58:07 | 0:58:09 | |
After what seemed like an eternity,
she looked intensely at a scene that | 0:58:09 | 0:58:12 | |
looked so familiar yet different
and eventually asked, "Philip, | 0:58:12 | 0:58:14 | |
my son, is that you?" | 0:58:14 | 0:58:20 | |
Moments later they embraced
and the community celebrated. | 0:58:20 | 0:58:24 | |
We can be that community. | 0:58:24 | 0:58:32 | |
More music now from the Portsmouth
gospel choir. | 0:58:35 | 0:58:42 | |
# Don't trouble the water. | 0:58:50 | 0:58:52 | |
# Leave it alone. | 0:58:52 | 0:58:54 | |
# Why don't you. | 0:58:54 | 0:58:55 | |
# Why don't you. | 0:58:55 | 0:58:56 | |
# Let it be. | 0:58:56 | 0:59:00 | |
# Still waters run deep. | 0:59:00 | 0:59:02 | |
# Yes they do. | 0:59:02 | 0:59:05 | |
# Oh. | 0:59:05 | 0:59:06 | |
# Yes. | 0:59:06 | 0:59:14 | |
# Don't trouble the water. | 0:59:14 | 0:59:22 | |
# Oh the troubled water. | 0:59:31 | 0:59:39 | |
# I'm on your side. | 0:59:43 | 0:59:45 | |
# When times get rough. | 0:59:45 | 0:59:46 | |
# And friends just can't be found. | 0:59:46 | 0:59:47 | |
# Like a bridge. | 0:59:47 | 0:59:49 | |
# Like a bridge. | 0:59:49 | 0:59:51 | |
# Just like a bridge
over troubled waters. | 0:59:51 | 0:59:53 | |
# I will lay me down. | 0:59:53 | 0:59:56 | |
# Like a bridge. | 0:59:56 | 0:59:58 | |
# Like a bridge. | 0:59:58 | 1:00:02 | |
# Just like a bridge
over troubled waters. | 1:00:02 | 1:00:05 | |
# I'm gonna lay me down, me down. | 1:00:05 | 1:00:08 | |
# Don't trouble the water. | 1:00:08 | 1:00:09 | |
# Leave it alone. | 1:00:09 | 1:00:12 | |
# Why don't you. | 1:00:12 | 1:00:13 | |
# Why don't you. | 1:00:13 | 1:00:14 | |
# Let it be. | 1:00:14 | 1:00:16 | |
# Still waters run deep. | 1:00:16 | 1:00:18 | |
# Yes they do. | 1:00:18 | 1:00:21 | |
# Oh. | 1:00:21 | 1:00:22 | |
# Yes. | 1:00:22 | 1:00:30 | |
# Don't trouble the water. | 1:00:35 | 1:00:43 | |
# Still waters run deep. | 1:00:45 | 1:00:49 | |
# Oooo. | 1:00:49 | 1:00:57 | |
# Troubled water. | 1:01:06 | 1:01:14 | |
# Ahh. | 1:01:16 | 1:01:21 | |
# Troubled water. | 1:01:21 | 1:01:23 | |
# Ahh. | 1:01:23 | 1:01:28 | |
# Don't trouble the water. | 1:01:28 | 1:01:36 | |
# Don't trouble the water. | 1:01:49 | 1:01:51 | |
# Leave it alone. | 1:01:51 | 1:01:52 | |
# Why don't you. | 1:01:52 | 1:01:53 | |
# Why don't you. | 1:01:53 | 1:01:54 | |
# Let it be. | 1:01:54 | 1:01:55 | |
# Still waters run deep. | 1:01:55 | 1:01:57 | |
# Yes they do. | 1:01:57 | 1:01:57 | |
# Oh. | 1:01:57 | 1:01:59 | |
# Yes. | 1:01:59 | 1:02:04 | |
# Yes they do. | 1:02:04 | 1:02:07 | |
# Oh. | 1:02:07 | 1:02:08 | |
# Yes. | 1:02:08 | 1:02:10 | |
# Yes they do. | 1:02:10 | 1:02:12 | |
# Oh. | 1:02:12 | 1:02:13 | |
# Yes. | 1:02:13 | 1:02:21 | |
From that brilliant performance to a
much more traditional hymn, Lord Of | 1:02:28 | 1:02:35 | |
All Hopefulness. | 1:02:35 | 1:02:41 | |
# Lord of all hopefulness. | 1:02:43 | 1:02:46 | |
# Lord of all joy. | 1:02:46 | 1:02:52 | |
# Whose trust ever childlike no
cares could destroy. | 1:02:52 | 1:02:59 | |
# Be there at our waking
and give us we pray. | 1:02:59 | 1:03:05 | |
# Your bliss in our hearts Lord. | 1:03:05 | 1:03:09 | |
# At the break of the day. | 1:03:09 | 1:03:17 | |
# Lord of all eagerness | 1:03:17 | 1:03:21 | |
# Lord of all faith | 1:03:21 | 1:03:24 | |
# Whose strong hands were skilled
at the plane and the lathe | 1:03:24 | 1:03:32 | |
# Be there at our labours
and give us we pray | 1:03:32 | 1:03:40 | |
# Your strength in our hearts Lord | 1:03:40 | 1:03:46 | |
# At the noon of the day | 1:03:46 | 1:03:52 | |
# Lord of all kindliness | 1:03:52 | 1:03:54 | |
# Lord of all grace | 1:03:54 | 1:03:59 | |
# Your hands swift to welcome | 1:03:59 | 1:04:03 | |
# Your arms to embrace | 1:04:03 | 1:04:08 | |
# Be there at our homing
and give us we pray | 1:04:08 | 1:04:12 | |
# Your love in our hearts Lord | 1:04:12 | 1:04:20 | |
# At the eve of the day | 1:04:20 | 1:04:23 | |
# Lord of all gentleness | 1:04:23 | 1:04:26 | |
# Lord of all calm | 1:04:26 | 1:04:33 | |
# Whose voice is contentment
whose presence is balm | 1:04:33 | 1:04:41 | |
# Be there at our sleeping
and give us we pray | 1:04:43 | 1:04:48 | |
# Your peace in our hearts Lord | 1:04:48 | 1:04:56 | |
# At the end of the day #. | 1:04:56 | 1:05:04 | |
Prayers now from six prayer leaders,
six different faiths. | 1:05:14 | 1:05:21 | |
Gracious God, giver of real hope
and true peace; draw us | 1:05:21 | 1:05:25 | |
all, in our wonderful diversity
of culture, language, and | 1:05:25 | 1:05:31 | |
custom, deeper into your good
purposes for the whole | 1:05:31 | 1:05:33 | |
of your creation. | 1:05:33 | 1:05:41 | |
Help and strengthen us
by your Holy Spirit, as we desire | 1:05:43 | 1:05:45 | |
and commit ourselves to protect
and care for this fragile | 1:05:45 | 1:05:48 | |
planet and each other,
and as we seek a common future | 1:05:48 | 1:05:51 | |
in which mercy and justice reign
and our world resembles more | 1:05:51 | 1:05:55 | |
truly your kingdom of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. | 1:05:55 | 1:06:02 | |
Amen. | 1:06:02 | 1:06:05 | |
O Thou kind Lord! | 1:06:17 | 1:06:20 | |
Thou hast created
all humanity from the | 1:06:20 | 1:06:21 | |
same stock. | 1:06:21 | 1:06:25 | |
Thou hast decreed that all shall
belong to the same household. | 1:06:25 | 1:06:29 | |
In thy holy presence
they are all thy servants, | 1:06:29 | 1:06:33 | |
and all mankind are sheltered
beneath thy tabernacle; | 1:06:33 | 1:06:36 | |
all have gathered together at thy
table of bounty; all are | 1:06:36 | 1:06:40 | |
illumined through the light
of thy providence. | 1:06:40 | 1:06:45 | |
Thou hast endowed each
and all with talents and faculties, | 1:06:45 | 1:06:49 | |
and all are submerged in the ocean
of thy mercy. | 1:06:49 | 1:06:55 | |
O thou kind Lord! | 1:06:55 | 1:06:59 | |
Unite all. | 1:06:59 | 1:07:04 | |
Let the religions agree
and make the nations one, | 1:07:04 | 1:07:07 | |
so that they may see each other
as one family and the whole | 1:07:07 | 1:07:10 | |
earth as one home. | 1:07:10 | 1:07:11 | |
May they all live together
in perfect harmony. | 1:07:11 | 1:07:18 | |
Eternal God, we pray for the coming
of the day when all your | 1:07:27 | 1:07:35 | |
children will live together in peace
and friendship; when oppression, | 1:07:37 | 1:07:39 | |
discrimination, and prejudice
will be relics of the past. | 1:07:39 | 1:07:42 | |
May that day come soon:
when all men and women | 1:07:42 | 1:07:47 | |
will know and understand
that they are brothers and sisters, | 1:07:47 | 1:07:50 | |
and be united in humble reverence
before you, and in mutual | 1:07:50 | 1:07:52 | |
love and respect. | 1:07:52 | 1:08:00 | |
'How good it is, and how pleasant,
when sisters and brothers | 1:08:03 | 1:08:08 | |
live together in
unity!' | 1:08:08 | 1:08:11 | |
There are many prophets and many
religions, but God is one. | 1:08:29 | 1:08:32 | |
There are many countries,
but the world is one. | 1:08:32 | 1:08:40 | |
There are many races and
ethnicities, but humanity is one. | 1:08:40 | 1:08:42 | |
There are men and women,
but they are equal | 1:08:42 | 1:08:46 | |
as both can think good,
speak good and do good. | 1:08:46 | 1:08:53 | |
We must all strive to improve our
world and overcome evil. | 1:08:53 | 1:08:59 | |
Today is better than yesterday,
and tomorrow will be better | 1:08:59 | 1:09:05 | |
than today, because of our
cumulative goodness. | 1:09:05 | 1:09:13 | |
And good deeds. | 1:09:17 | 1:09:19 | |
God creates. | 1:09:19 | 1:09:21 | |
As we are all children of God,
our cumulative goodness | 1:09:21 | 1:09:24 | |
constantly increases
the power of God. | 1:09:24 | 1:09:28 | |
Evil only destroys;
it cannot create. | 1:09:28 | 1:09:32 | |
Therefore, it is finite
and will come to | 1:09:32 | 1:09:36 | |
an end one day. | 1:09:36 | 1:09:44 | |
O Lord, you are peace. | 1:09:52 | 1:09:53 | |
From you is peace. | 1:09:53 | 1:09:55 | |
You are blessed. | 1:09:55 | 1:09:57 | |
O Sustainer, you are most high. | 1:09:57 | 1:10:04 | |
O one of majesty and nobility,
you created us from one | 1:10:04 | 1:10:06 | |
man and one woman. | 1:10:06 | 1:10:12 | |
Had it been your will
you would have made us | 1:10:12 | 1:10:15 | |
all the same, but you made us
into nations and tribes | 1:10:15 | 1:10:18 | |
so that we may know each other. | 1:10:18 | 1:10:22 | |
O magnificent Creator; enable us
to respect and celebrate | 1:10:22 | 1:10:25 | |
the diversity you have created. | 1:10:25 | 1:10:33 | |
Join together all our hearts
as one; free us from fear, | 1:10:34 | 1:10:37 | |
hunger, disease, and war. | 1:10:37 | 1:10:44 | |
O loving Creator; we ask you to
answer our prayer through your | 1:10:44 | 1:10:47 | |
grace and your mercy, amin. | 1:10:47 | 1:10:55 | |
Almighty God, we pray
for those who face challenges | 1:11:05 | 1:11:08 | |
across the Commonwealth,
and for a safe and prosperous | 1:11:08 | 1:11:15 | |
future that provides hope,
especially for its young people. | 1:11:15 | 1:11:18 | |
In the face of these challenges,
we pray for the courage to entrust | 1:11:18 | 1:11:21 | |
ourselves into your faithful hands,
knowing that this is our | 1:11:21 | 1:11:24 | |
most secure place. | 1:11:24 | 1:11:31 | |
As we gather to pray
for the shared vision | 1:11:31 | 1:11:33 | |
of our diverse family,
we thank you for our | 1:11:33 | 1:11:36 | |
Commonwealth under the faithful
stewardship of Her Majesty | 1:11:36 | 1:11:38 | |
The Queen. | 1:11:38 | 1:11:46 | |
May she, The Royal Family,
and all who share in | 1:11:46 | 1:11:48 | |
this responsibility, be guided
by you, and be rewarded for | 1:11:48 | 1:11:51 | |
their steadfastness and commitment. | 1:11:51 | 1:11:59 | |
Let us now
stand to pledge ourselves afresh | 1:15:34 | 1:15:37 | |
to uphold and serve the values
and fellowship of the Commonwealth. | 1:15:37 | 1:15:45 | |
We affirm that every person
possesses unique worth and dignity. | 1:15:45 | 1:15:53 | |
We affirm our respect for nature,
and that we will be stewards | 1:15:53 | 1:15:57 | |
of the earth by caring for every
part of it, and for it as a whole. | 1:15:57 | 1:16:05 | |
We affirm our belief in justice
for everyone, and peace | 1:16:07 | 1:16:09 | |
between peoples and nations. | 1:16:09 | 1:16:16 | |
Joining together in kinship
and affinity as members of one | 1:16:16 | 1:16:20 | |
worldwide Commonwealth family,
we acknowledge our shared | 1:16:20 | 1:16:23 | |
inheritances, and celebrate
the goodwill and mutual respect | 1:16:23 | 1:16:28 | |
which inspire us to work with one
another towards a common | 1:16:28 | 1:16:31 | |
future that is fairer,
more secure, more prosperous, | 1:16:31 | 1:16:34 | |
and more sustainable
for the good of all. | 1:16:34 | 1:16:42 | |
ALL: We affirm our belief
in the Commonwealth as a force | 1:16:54 | 1:16:57 | |
for good in the world and pledge
ourselves to its service, | 1:16:57 | 1:16:59 | |
now and for the future. | 1:16:59 | 1:17:07 | |
# Guide me O Thou great Redeemer | 1:17:17 | 1:17:23 | |
# Pilgrim through this barren land | 1:17:23 | 1:17:29 | |
# I am weak but Thou art mighty | 1:17:29 | 1:17:34 | |
# Hold me with Thy pow'rful hand | 1:17:34 | 1:17:40 | |
# Bread of heaven | 1:17:40 | 1:17:44 | |
# Bread of heaven | 1:17:44 | 1:17:49 | |
# Feed me till I want no more! | 1:17:49 | 1:17:52 | |
# Want no more | 1:17:52 | 1:17:55 | |
# Feed me till I want no more! | 1:17:55 | 1:18:03 | |
# Open now the crystal fountain | 1:18:09 | 1:18:12 | |
# Whence the healing
stream doth flow | 1:18:12 | 1:18:15 | |
# Let the fire and cloudy pillar | 1:18:15 | 1:18:20 | |
# Lead me all my journey through | 1:18:20 | 1:18:28 | |
# Strong Deliv'rer, strong Deliv'rer | 1:18:28 | 1:18:34 | |
# Be Thou still my
Strength and Shield! | 1:18:34 | 1:18:38 | |
# Strength and shield | 1:18:38 | 1:18:41 | |
# Be Thou still my
Strength and Shield! | 1:18:41 | 1:18:49 | |
# When I tread the verge of Jordan | 1:18:51 | 1:18:56 | |
# Bid my anxious fears subside | 1:18:56 | 1:19:04 | |
# Death of death and
hell's Destruction | 1:19:05 | 1:19:09 | |
# Land me safe on Canaan's side | 1:19:09 | 1:19:16 | |
# Songs of praises | 1:19:16 | 1:19:19 | |
# Songs of praises | 1:19:19 | 1:19:23 | |
# I will ever give to Thee! | 1:19:23 | 1:19:27 | |
# Give to thee | 1:19:27 | 1:19:32 | |
# I will ever give to Thee! | 1:19:32 | 1:19:40 | |
#. | 1:19:43 | 1:19:49 | |
God grant to the living grace;
to the departed rest; to the | 1:19:49 | 1:19:54 | |
Church, The Queen, the Commonwealth,
and all mankind, peace | 1:19:54 | 1:20:01 | |
and concord; and to us sinners life
everlasting: and the blessing of God | 1:20:01 | 1:20:08 | |
Almighty, the Father,
the Son, and the | 1:20:08 | 1:20:10 | |
Holy Spirit, be among
you and remain with you always. | 1:20:10 | 1:20:15 | |
Amen. | 1:20:15 | 1:20:23 | |
The service is now ending up another
Commonwealth Day service. Shortly | 1:20:51 | 1:20:59 | |
the Royal party will be moving
slowly towards the doors. Robert is | 1:20:59 | 1:21:05 | |
with me. It seemed to me to be a big
day for the Queen in her calendar. I | 1:21:05 | 1:21:14 | |
think she will have loved every
minute of the this is an event that | 1:21:14 | 1:21:17 | |
she created herself. It used to be
called observant but now it is | 1:21:17 | 1:21:24 | |
celebration and that came true in
the music and the atmosphere. Many | 1:21:24 | 1:21:30 | |
of those small moments that lifted
it. We had some contrasts and a bit | 1:21:30 | 1:21:34 | |
of fun as well. There's always a bit
of fun in this event, quite unlike | 1:21:34 | 1:21:40 | |
any other held in Westminster Abbey
or indeed any cathedral in the UK. | 1:21:40 | 1:21:44 | |
It is why that this event is unique.
Part of the fact is there are so | 1:21:44 | 1:21:50 | |
many children, more than 700. We saw
someone smiling, or even yawning. | 1:21:50 | 1:21:58 | |
You do not know what children are
going to do but that is part of the | 1:21:58 | 1:22:01 | |
fun of it. And the Queen likes to
have a young congregation. She does | 1:22:01 | 1:22:07 | |
not want the full state occasion. As
ever Queen on this day has issued a | 1:22:07 | 1:22:14 | |
message. Some important points from
that include the Queen saying shared | 1:22:14 | 1:22:20 | |
inheritance help but to overcome
difference. Of course there has been | 1:22:20 | 1:22:24 | |
quite a bit of difference in the
Commonwealth but we do have things | 1:22:24 | 1:22:30 | |
in common so it is diversity rather
than division. And she also spoke of | 1:22:30 | 1:22:35 | |
the positive potential friendly
rivalry and of course that will be | 1:22:35 | 1:22:38 | |
happening in Australia next month.
Absolutely. April we have the | 1:22:38 | 1:22:45 | |
Commonwealth Games and the
Commonwealth summit all actor back. | 1:22:45 | 1:22:48 | |
And Australia is going to be a
fabulous games. The last ones took | 1:22:48 | 1:22:55 | |
place in Glasgow in 2014, a
magnificent games. In 2002 we have | 1:22:55 | 1:23:04 | |
brilliant games in Manchester. That
really convinced the International | 1:23:04 | 1:23:09 | |
Olympic Committee that the UK could
put on an Olympics. So the | 1:23:09 | 1:23:15 | |
Commonwealth Games have a great
future both here and in Australia. | 1:23:15 | 1:23:18 | |
Now the Prince of Wales will be
going over to open the games, a bit | 1:23:18 | 1:23:25 | |
far for the Queen these days. But
there has been talk about Prince | 1:23:25 | 1:23:29 | |
Charles becoming head of the
Commonwealth when his time comes. | 1:23:29 | 1:23:35 | |
Well the headship of the
Commonwealth is not hereditary or | 1:23:35 | 1:23:39 | |
automatic, it never has been. It is
down to the heads of government. | 1:23:39 | 1:23:44 | |
They effectively endorsed the Queen
as head of the Commonwealth and it | 1:23:44 | 1:23:49 | |
will be down to them but frankly
there is no one better placed to | 1:23:49 | 1:23:53 | |
stand in the Queen on occasions like
the opening of the Commonwealth | 1:23:53 | 1:23:57 | |
Games. With the exception of the
Queen and Duke of Edinburgh who | 1:23:57 | 1:24:03 | |
sadly cannot be here today although
I'm sure he will be watching on | 1:24:03 | 1:24:07 | |
television. But apart from them no
one knows the Commonwealth like the | 1:24:07 | 1:24:12 | |
Prince of Wales. All the leaders I
have spoken to or all of the opinion | 1:24:12 | 1:24:15 | |
that he is the perfect man to step
in. The Queen looking very happy and | 1:24:15 | 1:24:23 | |
now meeting some of those people who
took part in the service. Like Dr | 1:24:23 | 1:24:28 | |
Andrew Bastawrous, and he is the man
who is trying to do all that he can | 1:24:28 | 1:24:33 | |
to eradicate unnecessary blindness.
And that is Jaspreet Kaur who | 1:24:33 | 1:24:41 | |
performed her poem and the message
of that was that small changes can | 1:24:41 | 1:24:47 | |
bring on big differences. | 1:24:47 | 1:24:57 | |
Esther Jessup, the honorary
president of that Maori choir. She | 1:25:06 | 1:25:16 | |
was also singing. And of course Liam
Payne who performed during the | 1:25:16 | 1:25:23 | |
service. | 1:25:23 | 1:25:33 | |
Outside London beckons. A big month
and a half of Commonwealth activity | 1:25:34 | 1:25:39 | |
coming up. The 11-year-old posy
bearer for the Queen. From the | 1:25:39 | 1:25:50 | |
Westminster Bangladeshi Association.
She did not have far to come, local | 1:25:50 | 1:25:55 | |
girl. | 1:25:55 | 1:26:00 | |
girl. A few of the ladies have their
flowers. | 1:26:00 | 1:26:08 | |
flowers. The Queen has had broad
smile on her face through all of | 1:26:09 | 1:26:14 | |
this. The younger generation of the
Royal Family as well speaking to | 1:26:14 | 1:26:20 | |
those who took part in the service.
It is going to the remarkable few | 1:26:20 | 1:26:26 | |
weeks, not just for the Commonwealth
of the Royal Family as well. We have | 1:26:26 | 1:26:29 | |
the Commonwealth Games, the
Commonwealth summit and also a royal | 1:26:29 | 1:26:33 | |
baby and Royal Wedding. It reminds
me of the summer of 2012 and the | 1:26:33 | 1:26:41 | |
Diamond Jubilee. It has been a very
special day for the Queen to have | 1:26:41 | 1:26:46 | |
all her family here at this event
and in many ways it kick-starts what | 1:26:46 | 1:26:49 | |
will be a remarkable few royal
weeks. The choir there who has ever | 1:26:49 | 1:26:57 | |
did a fabulous job. And behind them
the flag bearers of all the | 1:26:57 | 1:27:02 | |
Commonwealth countries. A lot of
chatter still going on inside the | 1:27:02 | 1:27:06 | |
Abbey. The Duchess of Cambridge
speaking to Liam Payne. I wonder | 1:27:06 | 1:27:10 | |
what they are talking about. There
they are outside. | 1:27:10 | 1:27:21 | |
It is not the end of things for the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, since | 1:27:24 | 1:27:28 | |
Harry and Meghan Markle, because
they are going to be meeting some | 1:27:28 | 1:27:33 | |
schoolchildren next. In spite of
that rainfall I think everyone is | 1:27:33 | 1:27:38 | |
leaving with a touch of spring about
them. | 1:27:38 | 1:27:44 | |
This wasn't a solemn state
occasion of the kind | 1:27:44 | 1:27:46 | |
that Westminster Abbey has
witnessed for centuries. | 1:27:46 | 1:27:47 | |
It was a dignified celebration
of an association of very different | 1:27:47 | 1:27:50 | |
states. | 1:27:50 | 1:27:51 | |
And that's appropriate. | 1:27:51 | 1:27:52 | |
The Commonwealth's
strength is its diversity. | 1:27:52 | 1:27:54 | |
Some of that will be on display
in a couple of weeks when | 1:27:54 | 1:27:57 | |
the Commonwealth Games
open in Australia. | 1:27:57 | 1:27:58 | |
After that Commonwealth heads
of government meet here in London. | 1:27:58 | 1:28:04 | |
Those are probably its best
known set piece events. | 1:28:04 | 1:28:08 | |
But it needs to be about more
than sport and summits. | 1:28:08 | 1:28:11 | |
If the Commonwealth's
going to prosper, it needs to agree | 1:28:11 | 1:28:14 | |
shared objectives - and then use
the weight of more than one | 1:28:14 | 1:28:17 | |
third of the world's population
to make this planet better. | 1:28:17 | 1:28:25 | |
After all, at a time when the world
is an uncertain place, | 1:28:25 | 1:28:28 | |
it's good to have friends. | 1:28:28 | 1:28:36 |