QUOTES OF THE DAY

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When you look across the Commonwealth, there is no way that we can move forward unless we acknowledge the past. So many people have done such an incredible job of acknowledging the past and trying to right those wrongs, but I think we all acknowledge there is so much more still to do. It’s not going to be easy and in some cases it’s not going to be comfortable, but it needs to be done, because, guess what, everybody benefits. The Duke of Sussex says change is coming as he and Meghan joined a Queen’s Commonwealth Trust video call to discuss fairness, justice and equal rights.

“There is a risk that some people will not obey the guidelines, that’s always going to be there. But the overwhelming majority of people have and so far we think that the measures and the package is working. But we cannot be complacent, we really can’t afford to stuff this up, to blow it now. We have got to keep going in the prudent way that we are.

Boris Johnson urges people to maintain discipline after lockdown restrictions were eased in England.

“When we heard last night, we slept for the first time since March. It is a real vindication that we have been listened to and that the government understand that we were dying on our knees and also that we are an important part of our country’s recovery.

Kwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director of the Young Vic, welcomes the government’s £1.57 billion support package for the arts.

The Duke of Sussex and Boris Johnson.