A thank you message from His Majesty The King

Every guardsman standing here today is thus the Heir and Successor to the great legacy, the historic customs and fine traditions of your forebears within the Battalion.

On the beaches of Normandy, in the seas beyond and in the skies overhead, our Armed Forces carried out their duty with a humbling sense of resolve and determination: qualities...

The stories of courage, resilience and solidarity which we have heard today, and throughout our lives, cannot fail to move us, to inspire us, and to remind us of what we owe...

Your future is our future. Our islands, our oceans, our planet and, ultimately, all of us need bold and determined action.

It is my special prayer today that Our Lord’s example of serving one another might continue to inspire us and to strengthen all our communities.

It is our duty to remember what was once called “the Forgotten War”.

The Commonwealth family is strongest when we are connected, through friendship.

My thoughts and prayers are with former President Mwinyi’s family and the Tanzanian people at this time.

My heart goes out to all those affected, as I remember them in my thoughts and prayers.

On the occasion of the fiftieth Anniversary of the Independence of Grenada, it gives me great pleasure to send you all my congratulations and warmest good wishes.

I look forward to working with you on ensuring that the enduring bond between our countries, and our families, remains strong, and to working together with you on issues which...

Change will come by working together and making it easier to embrace decisions that will sustain our world, rather than carry on as though there are no limits – or as though...

As our nations strive towards a harmony between progress and preservation, between the past and the present, we can look to the future with great confidence as our peoples...