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King Charles Expresses His Love For Scotland in Touching Speech
ROYAL FAMILY ... KING CHARLES
The Royal Family Channel
King Charles Expresses His Love For Scotland in Touching Speech
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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
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- presiding officer first Minister members
- of the Scottish Parliament ladies and
- gentlemen the queen and I are so very
- pleased to be able to join you today in
- marking the 25th anniversary of the
- Scottish
- Parliament this Parliament opened on the
- first day of July
- 1999 on the cusp of a new
- millennium it marked a new dawn for
- Scotland one filled with anticipation
- optimism and
- hope alongside the late queen and the
- dukee of Edinburgh I listened in the
- Palace of Hollywood house that day with
- great interest as the then first
- Minister spoke of a new voice of new
- dreams of a new and renewed
- Scotland it was an extraordinary
- occasion for all manner of
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- reasons not least the fact that it came
- almost 300 years after the act of Union
- of the Westminster and Scottish
- parliaments on the 1st of May
- 1707 it was a landmark in a long rich
- and complex story which we have shared
- over many
- centuries for those present on that day
- 25 years years ago the new Parliament
- was a great and perhaps even a somewhat
- daunting
- Prospect the hopes of the thousands that
- line the streets of Edinburgh and the
- great responsibility that accompanied
- them rested upon the shoulders of each
- newly elected member 13 of whom still
- give such dedicated service
- today from that day until this through
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- its work over a quarter of a century
- this place has not just thrived but in
- doing so has borne witness to the
- enduring relationship between the
- parliament the crown and the people of
- Scotland the mace which is placed before
- us was a gift from my late mother on
- that day 25 years
- ago on it are engraved the qual ities to
- which we all Aspire and that represent
- the very foundations of the relationship
- we
- share wisdom Justice compassion
- Integrity in those intervening years
- much has changed in our
- world but those most Scottish of values
- have remained
- steadfast we are often told that we live
- uh in an era of polarization and
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- division if that is so then it is
- perhaps even more important not less
- that in the vital areas of
- representation of political debate of
- policymaking and of
- discourse these
- values together with hope Civility and
- generosity of spirit are never far from
- the heart of even the most difficult of
- issues
- it seems to me that such an approach is
- why this Parliament has grown in its
- experience in its ability to touch and
- to improve the lives of so many
- individuals and communities throughout
- this great
- land these values and this approach have
- been championed consistently by the six
- presiding officers who have served their
- country faithfully and
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- diligently we are all at the end of each
- day United by our love of
- Scotland because of its natural beauty
- of course but also because of its
- strength of character based as it is on
- the extraordinary diversity of its
- peoples whose range of ideas skills
- energy Passions and frequently deeply
- held beliefs never cease to inspire
- me from the central belt to the North
- Highlands across the islands in Asia in
- the borders the cities towns and
- Villages all the coastal
- communities who I wonder could not fail
- to be moved by this complex Caledonian
- kaleidoscope
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- speaking from a personal perspective
- Scotland has always had a uniquely
- special place in the hearts of my family
- and
- myself my beloved grandmother was
- proudly
- Scottish my late mother especially
- treasured the time spent at Bal moral
- and it was there in the most beloved of
- places where she chose to spend her
- final days
- back in July
- 1999 we heard Ian kryon Smith's poem the
- beginning of a new
- song let it be true to itself and to its
- Origins inventive original
- philosophical its institutions mirror
- its
- beauty then without shame we can esteem
- ourselves
- that day was a turning point today is an
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- important
- Milestone as we look ahead to the next
- quarter of a century and
- beyond there remains much more to be
- done for Scotland for the United Kingdom
- and equally in addressing the challenges
- we all share as inhabitants of a planet
- whose climate is changing dangerously
- and whose biodiversity is being
- seriously depleted
- let this moment therefore be the
- beginning of the next
- chapter the achievement of the past and
- the commitment shown in the present give
- us the soundest basis for confidence in
- the
- future presiding
- officer first Minister members of the
- Scottish Parliament ladies and
- gentlemen I can only offer my most
- heartfelt
- appreciation of the public service you
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- embody together with every possible good
- wish on this special occasion and for
- the years to come
- [Applause]
- [Music]