Shilpa Shetty met Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip yesterday evening and took the opportunity to press home her veiws on tolerance for a better future, before talking about her adopted charity for AIDS suffers..Shetty has enjoyed her newfound fame in Britain following the racism row in reality TV show 'Celebrity Big Brother',and when asked about her thoughts said too much had been made of the reality show, adding "we have to cope with difference on a daily basis - but unless we do, we have no future". The Queen took up the theme in her speech saying "By respecting the difference and promoting understanding, the future will be better one for us all. In today's difficult and sometimes divided world, I believe that it is more important than ever to keep trying to respect and understand each other better," she told the 2,000-strong gathering to celebrate commonwealth day. The Queen said that today's Commonwealth was home to nearly a third of the world's population. "Its almost two billion citizens come from many faiths, races, cultures and traditions," "Let us as individuals actively seek out the views of others, let us make the best use of what our beliefs and history teach us, let us have open minds and hearts, and let us, like the Commonwealth, find our diversity a cause for celebration and a source for strength and unity." Commonwealth Day celebrates the voluntary Commonwealth of Nations set up in 1926 and reformed in 1949.

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