Watch: King Charles urges public not to become a ‘shouty’ society and ‘rise above rancour’ on social media

King Charles has urged the public not to become a “shouty” society and “rise above rancour” on social media in a passionate address to the nation.

In a speech at Mansion House in the City of London on Wednesday evening, the King said: “The instinct to cooperate wherever and whenever possible is deep within us, even in the most fractious times when disagreements are polished, paraded, and asserted.

“There is in our land a kind of muscle memory that it does not have to be like this. That the temptation to turn ourselves into a shouty, recriminating society must be resisted, or at least heavily mitigated whenever possible. Especially in the digital sphere where civilised debate too often gives way to rancour and acrimony.”