London, Sep 17 (PTI) King Charles III has pledged to uphold the “additional duty” as a new monarch of protecting the diversity of the UK and be a sovereign of all communities around the country and the Commonwealth.
Addressing a group of faith leaders representing various religious denominations on Friday evening in the Bow Room at Buckingham Palace, where just days before his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin lay in rest before its final journey to Westminster Hall, the 73-year-old royal said he has always thought of Britain as a “community of communities”.
Among those present at the gathering included representatives from Hindu, Sikh, Islamic and Buddhist organisations in the UK and also priests of the Catholic church, Greek Orthodox church, Church of Scotland as well as the Head Rabbi of London and a Zoroastrian priest.
