The Queen will open the Commonwealth Games

I can’t wait to see how Canada embraces the games and rises to the challenge of telling Chapter 3 of the Invictus story

This is the first time Catherine and I have been to India and we have been incredibly impressed to see just how much this great country is on the move, and how India’s...

No-one can come here without being awed and amazed; no-one can come without a sense of excitement about all that India has achieved in the past and the extraordinary promise...

We owe it to the history of the game to maintain the FA's global standing. To do so, we must seek to set a world standard in the way we conduct our business

But the biggest reason for our optimism is the inspiring girls and boys in this room who care so much about changing attitudes towards young women in this country.

Being inclusive and accepting diversity goes far deeper than accepting differences at face value and being tolerant.

The understanding that we belong together, and are able, through teamwork, to achieve far more than we could do alone, has always been at the heart of our approach.

The baton relay represents a calling together of people from every part of the Commonwealth.

In the Commonwealth, governments, businesses, communities and individuals should each strive to match words and good intentions with deeds. Every contribution has its part to...

I have been warned I may have Happy Birthday sung to me more than once or twice.

Despite its size and scale, the Commonwealth to me is still at heart a collection of villages.

The Commonwealth is one of the great partnerships of the world where rich and poor, large and small, work together for the common good.

I am sure Madiba would be pleased to see such great work being carried in his name, giving inspiration to so many.

In my view: rangers are heroes.

Thank you, Mr Prime Minister of Canada, for making me feel so old!

Ladies and gentlemen, I feel enormously proud of what the Commonwealth has achieved, and all of it within my lifetime

Trust them, trust yourselves – for you had the same training.

Invictus 2016 is going to be a huge success – let’s get out there and let’s make this happen.