We must all acknowledge the "uncomfortable " past of the Commonwealth, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have said, as they tell young campaigners "it's not going to be easy" but the world must "right those wrongs".

The Duke, whose grandmother is head of the Commonwealth, said there is "no way that we can move forward unless we acknowledge the past".

The Duchess added: “We’re going to have to be a little uncomfortable right now, because it’s only in pushing through that discomfort that we get to the other side of this."

The couple, who are president and vice-president of the QCT, spoke to young people via video link from their new home in Los Angeles, following their recent vocal campaign work in the Black Lives Matter movement.

As part of the discussion, on the QCT's work on considering historic injustice around the slave trade, the Duke said: “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.”

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