Magna Carta Ceremony To Be Attended By Queen

The Magna Carta event was attended by the Queen and Prime Minister David Cameron, who said that it changed the world.

12:28 16 June 2015

The Queen and other royals have attended an event that marks the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta at Runnymeded, where King John sealed the original record in 1215. The Duke of Cambridge unveiled a commemorative art work at the site. Prime Minister David Cameron said that the Magna Carta, which protected the rights and freedoms of society, has changed the world. 

 

Others who attended the historical event include the Duke of Edinburgh and the Princess Royal, the Archbishop of Canterbury, senior judges, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch and members of the American Bar Association. 

In his speech at the event, Mr Cameron said: "Why do people set such store by Magna Carta? Because they look to history. They see how the great charter shaped the world, for the best part of a millennium, helping to promote arguments for justice and for freedom."

 

"It falls to us in this generation to restore the reputation of those rights... It is our duty to safeguard the legacy, the idea, the momentous achievement of those barons."

 

"From the support for enclosures to the opposition to the Great Reform Act, to the toleration of all sorts of abuse, with humility, we recognise these failings," he said.