King's Commonwealth message of unity in 'uncertain times'

King Charles is to telephone for unity and gathering bridges successful what helium describes arsenic "these uncertain times" of planetary tension, successful a connection to people Commonwealth Day adjacent week.

In the yearly connection to people the time connected Monday, the King volition emphasise the worth of nations coming unneurotic successful a "spirit of support, and crucially, friendship".

The King has go progressive successful the diplomatic negotiations involving the UK, the US and Ukraine - with the monarch warmly welcoming President Volodymyr Zelensky aft the Ukrainian leader's disastrous gathering with US President Donald Trump and with a authorities sojourn planned for Trump.

A Commonwealth country, Canada, besides faces its ain tensions with Trump's administration, arsenic helium has called for Canada to go the US 51st state.

Commonwealth Day is traditionally marked with a work astatine Westminster Abbey and this twelvemonth the King and Queen volition be alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales.

In his message, the King volition say: "In these uncertain times, wherever it is each excessively casual to judge that our differences are problems alternatively of a root of spot and an accidental for learning, the Commonwealth's singular postulation of nations and peoples travel unneurotic successful the tone of enactment and, crucially, friendship."

It is simply a connection that helium has made earlier - that the diverseness of peoples and cultures is simply a spot and not a weakness.

But it is simply a connection present against a backdrop of planetary tensions, arsenic the US pushes for an extremity to the warfare that followed the Russian penetration of Ukraine.

As good arsenic a amusement of solidarity with the Ukrainian President Zelensky, the King this week held a gathering with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, a Commonwealth person who has faced unit from the US.

King Charles is Canada's caput of authorities and up of the gathering Trudeau said: "Nothing seems much important to Canadians close present than lasting up for our sovereignty and our independency arsenic a nation."

The King utilized the Commonwealth, with its 56-member nations, arsenic an illustration of co-operation betwixt countries.

"The Commonwealth's quality to bring unneurotic radical from each implicit the satellite has stood the trial of clip and remains arsenic ever-important today," says the King's message.

The work astatine Westminster Abbey connected Monday volition emphasise the multicultural diverseness of the Commonwealth, with the royal guests being met by a tube set from a Hindu eco-temple successful north-west London.

There volition beryllium euphony from an African arts group, the Masai Cultural Arts team.

And vocalist Joan Armatrading volition execute a mentation of her song, Love and Affection.

An innovation for this year's Commonwealth Day has been that the King has prepared his ain idiosyncratic playlist of favourite euphony tracks, by artists including Bob Marley, Kylie Minogue and Raye.