had. looking back at prince philip s death but also i think she looked forward to 2022. it is a big, historic year. in february she will be the first british monarch ever to have achieved 70 years on the throne, her platinum jubilee, and that s what 2022 is going to be about. she talked about the commonwealth baton relay, the commonwealth baton relay, the commonwealth baton relay, the commonwealth games injuly next year will be one of the highlights of the platinum jubilee and she talked in her speech about the fact she wanted it to be a time of togetherness, for people to come together, which they have done for the golden jubilee, silver and diamond jubilee. done for the golden jubilee, silverand diamond jubilee. i silver and diamond jubilee. i think silverand diamond jubilee. i think people hope on thatjune weekend they will be able to do so, pandemic allowing former for the platinumjubilee. so, pandemic allowing former for the platinum jubilee. what more can you for the platinum j
let me give you three thoughts from royal watchers. first, this is a mature statement of soft royal power. it s a future style of a future king that he is showing us, a sympathetic style. as he put it to one reception in the bahamas, relationships evolve, he said, but when chipped in years. that is setting out his stall for the future. but friendship endures. this is a huge club of 2.5 billion people, and there are many advantages of being inside it. you get to lobby donors and resolve disputes as part of that club. we have a head of government meeting in luanda injune, the luanda in june, the commonwealth luanda injune, the commonwealth games injuly. a lot of benefits on display. and