Yearning for harmony makes him perfect as world's great convenor

AS Prince, and now as King, Charles is a man who has always longed for harmony - between man and nature, and between the nations of the world.

- JENNIE BOND

Throughout his life he has used his influence to knock heads together... to get movers and shakers into the same room and hope that they will come up with some answers.

He is the great convenor. So he is a perfect fit as the leader of the Commonwealth, which is a global platform for precisely that sort of cooperation.

More than two-and-a-half billion people - almost a third of the world's population - across 56 countries, are voluntary members of this club.