Prince Harry has said ‘change is coming’ as he warned past wrongs need to be acknowledged across the Commonwealth.

The Duke of Sussex made the comments alongside his wife Meghan Markle in a discussion on ‘justice and equal rights’ with young leaders from the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust.

During the video call, Harry risked upsetting the Royal Family as he said the Commonwealth must reckon with its past and ‘right those wrongs’.

He 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.’

Speaking from their LA home, Meghan said we need to push through an ‘uncomfortable’ phase towards equality.

She said: ‘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 and find the place where a high tide raises all ships.

‘Equality does not put anyone on the back foot, it puts us all on the same footing – which is a fundamental human right.’

Harry discussed the issue of unconscious bias and shared his own perspective.

He said: ‘We can’t deny or ignore the fact that all of us have been educated to see the world differently.

‘However, once you start to realise that there is that bias there, then you need to acknowledge it, you need to do the work to become more aware … so that you can help stand up for something that is so wrong and should not be acceptable in our society today.’

After the couple stepped down as a senior working royals, Harry had to leave his role as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador.

But Harry and Meghan retained their posts as president and vice-president of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust.

Harry told those taking part: ‘This change is needed and it’s coming.’

He added: ‘The optimism and the hope that we get is from listening and speaking to people like you, because there is no turning back now, everything is coming to a head.

‘Solutions exist and change is happening far quicker than it ever has done before.’

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