Caribbean nations call for reparations as King Charles stops short of issuing an apology for colonial-era slavery.
King Charles III has said at the official opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Antigua and Barbuda that the transatlantic slave trade fills him with “horror” and “the most profound personal sorrow”.
The British monarch said on Tuesday that the slave trade “still casts a shadow over these [Caribbean] islands and other members of our Commonwealth”, and that the Royal Navy had played “a leading role” in ending it.
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“We cannot change the actions of those who came before us,” Charles said.…
