The head of the Caribbean’s reparations commission has appealed to King Charles III as a “human brother” whose family he said had benefited from slavery to support reparations talks at next month’s Commonwealth leaders meeting in the Caribbean.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of the Commonwealth heads of government meeting ( Chogm ) in Antigua and Barbuda next month, professor Hilary Beckles urged the king to use his influence to advance slavery reparations talks between Britain and the Caribbean.

Beckles, the chair of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Reparations Commission, said: “My personal appeal to King Charles III, not so much in his role as head of the Commonwealth, not so much in his role as the constitutional monarch of the United Kingdom … I’m appealing to Charles Windsor, a parent, a grandparent, a man today who reflects upon the history of his family, and he can see the enrichment that slavery has presented to his family.”

He declared that he believed the king was aware that the wealth…