It all begins in Norwich, in 1927. Louis Marchesi, twenty-eight years old, founds the first Round Table after hearing the Prince of Wales call on young people to “adopt, adapt, improve.” The phrase would become the motto of a movement destined to travel the world.
From an idea to a federation
In less than ten years, the Tables multiply across the British Isles. The federation is born in 1936; then, in the aftermath of the war, the venture crosses borders, giving rise to Round Table International.
For decades, the movement spreads across five continents — from India to Australia, from Canada to Zimbabwe — without ever losing the thread of its original oath.
A motto that takes root in Morocco
The movement's arrival in Morocco is no graft: it is a taking root. The values of friendship, equality, and service find here an ancient soil — that of a hospitality and a solidarity deeply inscribed in the country's culture.
A century after Norwich, the table remains round — without precedence or hierarchy — and the oath, intact. It is this heritage that the Moroccan Companions keep alive, in their turn and in their own way.
