LONDON: Britain’s King Charles III called for “compassion and reconciliation” at a time of “division” across the world in his Christmas Day message Thursday. The 77-year-old monarch said he found it “enormously encouraging” how people of different faiths had a “shared longing for peace.” Charles praised individuals who risked their lives to save others in situations of violence, including those caught up in the killings at a Jewish event at Bondi Beach in Australia this month.

Monarch urges people to draw strength from community diversity after a year marked by division and violence

Charles also celebrated the “Second World War values of courage and sacrifice” in his annual festive address to the nation

He invokes the wartime spirit in his annual speech, delivered from Westminster Abbey.

LONDON: Britain’s King Charles III called for “compassion and reconciliation” at a time of “division” across the world in his Christmas Day message Thursday. The 77-year-old…