Duke of Edinburgh attends Commonwealth Observance
Monday, 11th March 2013
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended an Observance for Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey on 11th March 2013.
Senator the Honourable Jan McLucas of the Australian Senate represented the Chairperson-in-office of the Commonwealth.
In his Bidding the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, said:
In this sixtieth anniversary year, we recall in particular Her Majesty The Queen’s Coronation in this Abbey Church on 2nd June 1953. We give thanks for more than sixty years of Her Majesty’s faithful service to this Nation, the Realms and the whole Commonwealth under God
Together united by ties of history and friendship, we represent the Commonwealth’s rich diversity of cultures and faiths throughout the world. We shall think in this Observance about how the Commonwealth creates ‘Opportunity through Enterprise’ and pray, each in our own way, that all people may have the opportunity to flourish and, in the words of Jesus Christ, ‘have life abundantly.
In The Queen’s Commonwealth Day Message, Her Majesty The Queen said:
We are all born with a desire to learn, to explore, to try new things, and each of us can think of occasions when we have been inspired to do something more efficiently, or to assist others in achieving their full potential. Yet it still takes courage to launch into the unknown. Ambition and curiosity open new avenues of opportunity.
This is what lies at the heart of our Commonwealth approach: individuals and communities finding ways to strive together to create a better future that is beneficial for all.
