Britain’s King Charles III has used his Christmas address to reflect on life as a shared journey and called on people to embrace values like courage, reconciliation and unity in a divided and uncertain world.
The British sovereign said that “pilgrimage is a word less used today, but it has particular significance for our modern world.”
He continued, “It is about journeying forward into the future while also journeying back to remember the past and learn from its lessons.”
Charles reflected on the “courage and sacrifice” of World War II and praised “the way communities came together,” in his traditional speech which coincided with the 80th anniversary of the end of the conflict earlier this year.
“These are the values which have shaped our country and the Commonwealth,” the King continued. “As we hear of division, both at home and abroad, they are the values of which we must never lose sight.”
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